Advanced Fiction

Amy E. Weldon is Professor of English at Luther College, USA. She is the author of The Hands-On Life: How to Wake Yourself Up and Save the World (2018), The Writer’s Eye: Observation and Inspiration for Creative Writers (Bloomsbury, 2018), and Eldorado, Iowa: A Novel (2019). Her website is amyeweldon.com.

• Chapter One: What Makes Advanced Fiction Writing “Advanced?”Student Craft Studio: Shannon Baker, “Habits”Craft Studio: James Joyce, “Araby” (1914)ExercisesChapter Two: Getting It Down: Self-Organizing, From Mind to PageExercises Chapter Three: Mystery, Conviction, Form, and RiskStudent Craft Studio: Levi Bird, “On Stable Ground”Craft Studio: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)ExercisesChapter Four: Writing in Color: Culture, Identity, and ArtStudent Craft Studio: Ian Wreisner, “The New Chicago”Craft Studio: Rebecca Makkai, from The Great Believers: A Novel (2018)ExercisesChapter Five: Invisible Engines: Purpose, Psychic Distance, and Point of ViewStudent Craft Studio: Andrew Tiede, “Till Death”Craft Studio: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The American Embassy” (2003) ExercisesChapter Six: Building a World – For Your Readers and YourselfStudent Craft Studio: Joel Murillo, “Cracker Jack”Kari Myers, “Fields of Ash”Craft Studio: Angela Carter, “The Tiger’s Bride” (1979) ExercisesChapter Seven: Trust the Process: Revising, Editing, and Writing At LengthTeacher Craft Studio: Amy Weldon, “The Serpent” (2018) ExercisesChapter Eight: Creative Writing and Your FutureStudent Career Studio: Andrew Chan, Derek Lin, Reed Johnson, MD, and Annika DomeMFA Studio: Keith Lesmeister, “East of Ely” (2017)Dr Weldon’s Fiction Prescriptions

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