SARAH FRELIGH: Sewing Clothes for a Mouse: Believable Characters in Very Short Prose, PURCHASE RECORDING

Instructor: Sarah Freligh
Cost: $60
Open to writers of: All Genres

This class will focus on how writers create unique and believable characters in very short stories. Our in-class discussion will revolve around published work with an eye toward how each author employs aspects of craft – including dialogue, action, thought and physical description — to build effective, unforgettable characters. xOur discussion will also include dynamic versus static characters, the inextricable union of character development and story arc, and guided exercises –in-class and take-home – designed to inspire new characters as well as revise/revive tired old characters from drafts. Students will leave the session with an understanding of character development and the aspects of craft involved in creating characters on a very small canvas.

Sarah Freligh is the author of seven books, including Sad Math, winner of the 2014 Moon City Press Poetry Prize, Hereafter, winner of the 2024 Bath Novella-in-Flash contest and Other Emergencies, forthcoming from Moon City Press in 2025. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologized in New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction (Norton 2018), and Best Microfiction (2019-22). Among her awards are poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Saltonstall Foundation.