In interactive fiction, we add an element to the practice of storytelling that changes everything: choice. Journey into the nonlinear narrative woods with writer and game designer Nat Mesnard using Twine, a tool designed for writers.

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Beginning writers are told to “write what you know.” But Albert Camus has called fiction “the lie through which we tell the truth.” Together we’ll read short fiction by some of today’s most exciting authors to discover the role “truth” plays in the creation of fiction.

Designed for fiction writers ready to get their work out into the world, this asynchronous class will answer the questions you have about how to present your work and yourself to the editors, agents, and selection committees on the other side of the submit button.

Learn tips and techniques for revising in this self-guided class. You’ll get five in-depth revision techniques to sharpen your work. By the end of the course you’ll have new skills, a helpful to-do list, and pages of new material to move your revision in the right direction.