Intermediate Fiction
Intermediate Fiction
This class is intended for students who have learned the basics of fiction, either in our Fiction I class or in other creative writing courses. In this course, we’ll do a deep dive into intermediate and advanced craft topics including narrative distance, developing your prose and voice, strengthening your structure by diagramming a story, communicating emotion in your work, and playing with and subverting reader expectations. Most importantly, this course will focus on revision: how you can take your work from a rough draft and transform it into a polished story. Students will be expected to write and submit either 2 short stories, 2 sections from a larger work, or 4 flash pieces for workshop during this course. By the end of the six weeks, each student will have ideally produced a revised and polished story that’s ready for submission to a literary journal.
Instructor: Allison Darcy
Dates: Begins Tuesday, May 14, 2024 and runs every Tuesday for six weeks
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Level: Intermediate and above
8 seats max
Location: online (hosted on Zoom)
$615: true price
$349: base price
$374, $399, $449: donate an extra $25, $50, or $100 to our scholarship fund
(Returning students receive 10 percent off).
A note on pricing: the “true price” reflects the true cost of the class, which includes paying a fair wage to our staff and instructors, rental fees for the Redbud headquarters and for the community spaces where we host our classes, website and administrative/commerce fees, outreach and advertising to spread the word about our offerings, and the coordination and administration for our community classes, which serve people who could not otherwise access creative writing. We’re not a university or a large corporation and that means we don’t have an operating budget we can rely on; we’re proud to be a small, local, women- and minority-run business that is passionate about bringing the transformative power of the arts to our community. Your tuition helps Redbud with the critical work of keeping the arts accessible to the public.
We also offer students a chance to donate to our scholarship fund. At check-out, you will be given the option of choosing a donor price. If you choose one of these prices, the extra $25, $50, or $100 will go towards scholarships for students who would not be able to afford our classes otherwise. Thank you in advance for considering making a contribution to inclusivity and access!
Read the fine print, including our refund policy, here.
The fine print
Change your mind? We’re sorry to hear that. Our refund policy is as follows:
If it is at least 10 business days before the class starts, and you email us within 24 hours of purchase, we will issue a full refund.
If it is least 10 business before class starts, but after 24 hours of making your purchase, you will receive a credit minus 15% OR a refund minus 30%.
If it is between 9 business days before to 1 business day before class starts, you will receive a credit minus 30%.
After these time periods, we can only offer store credit in an amount no greater than half of the class tuition and only in the event of an medical emergency, which will be determined on a case by-case-basis.
Discount codes: Discount codes may only be used once, unless otherwise indicated.
Please note: the instructor listed for a particular class may change based upon scheduling needs and availability.
Per CDC guidelines, students will be asked to wear masks during class. We are also requiring all students who attend in-person classes to be vaccinated. Thank you in advance for understanding!
Please note: classes may involve reading published works that will touch on sensitive topics including but not limited to sexual assault, violence, eating disorders, or suicide. Our instructors will issue content warnings when sensitive topics will be read or discussed, and are happy to work with you if you find a particular topic to be triggering.
Updated 6/8/2022