How to Take a Short Story Writer's Workshop

Taking a short story writer's writing workshop can improve your understanding of the short story, its purpose, and its specific form. Take advantage of workshop lessons and collective critiques to complete a short story and ready it for publication.

Instructions

1. Run an Internet search for short story writer's writing workshops.

2. Narrow your options down by considering your region and the dates of the workshop. Short story workshops can be short or long. Consider attending an online workshop if it's offered and if it's reputable.

3. Read syllabi, course descriptions and workshop objectives.

4. Decide on a workshop to attend. Pay the registration fees and purchase all required materials.

5. Attend the workshop.

6. Learn the necessary elements of the short story, its form, and its conventions. Know how short story writing differs from other kinds of writing. Listen as your instructor teaches about how to work with limited writing space.

7. Complete all reading and writing assignments. Have your work critiqued by the instructor and other workshop participants. Use critiques of drafts to improve upon your short story.

8. Turn in a completed short story. Your finished short story should combine everything that you have learned throughout the workshop and be revised according to critiques.

9. Have your short story reviewed and graded by the instructor.

10. Finish the workshop. Get a certificate of completion. Take advantage of chances to be published if they are offered to you.

11. Submit your completed short story to publications.