In this session, fiction writer and podcast host Kelly Fordon will share lessons on fiction writing gleaned from three years of conducting Let's Deconstruct a Story podcast interviews with masters of the craft, including George Saunders, Lily King, Rion Amilcar Scott, and Peter Ho Davies, among many others. This class will take you beyond the basics, offering techniques to delve deeper into the craft of fiction.
In the second half of the class, Kelly Fordon will provide writing prompts to ignite your creative spark. We'll also have some time reserved for sharing and discussing our work, fostering a sense of community and collaboration.
Instructor: Kelly Fordon’s latest short story collection, I Have the Answer (Wayne State University Press, 2020), was chosen as a Midwest Book Award Finalist and an Eric Hoffer Finalist. Her 2016 Michigan Notable Book, Garden for the Blind (WSUP), was a Michigan Notable Book, an INDIEFAB Finalist, a Midwest Book Award Finalist, an Eric Hoffer Finalist, and an IPPY Awards Bronze Medalist. Her first full-length poetry collection, Goodbye Toothless House (Kattywompus Press, 2019), was an Eyelands International Prize Finalist and an Eric Hoffer Finalist. It was later adapted into a play by Robin Martin and published in The Kenyon Review Online. She is the author of three award-winning poetry chapbooks and has received a Best of the Net Award and Pushcart Prize nominations in three different genres. She teaches at Springfed Arts in Detroit and online, where she runs a fiction podcast called “Let’s Deconstruct a Story.” http://www.kellyfordon.com
