Using Form as a Narrative Tool with Lin King
March 15, 2025
4-5:15pm ET
Virtual (Zoom)
$25
The next lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series takes place Saturday, March 15, from 4-5:15pm ET with Lin King, author of OS #312, “Yellowpeople.” Lin will be lecturing on unconventional narrative forms.
Shaping, Styling, Scaffolding: Using Form as a Narrative Tool
Unusual narrative forms are sometimes dismissed as flashy “gimmicks” used to conceal a lack of substance. Yet from the 18th-century epistolary novel to Jennifer Egan’s PowerPoint slides, fiction writers have always experimented with unconventional frameworks through which to tell stories. What stories benefit from which forms and why? When drafting and editing, how does a writer know whether formal experimentation is “justified” or merely a “crutch” that should be removed before the final draft? Works to be discussed may include: “How to Be an Other Woman” by Lorrie Moore, “Parents’ Morning Epiphany” by Zadie Smith, Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, Time’s Arrow by Martin Amis, and Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi.
This is part of our 2025 Lecture Series. You can purchase the entire series by going here.
About Lin King:
Lin King 金翎 is a writer and translator based in Taipei and New York. Her fiction has appeared in One Story, Boston Review, and Joyland, and has received the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Her translations from Mandarin and Japanese into English include the graphic novel series The Boy from Clearwater by Yu Pei-Yun and Zhou Jian-Xin (Levine Querido), the chapbook Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang (Strangers Press), and the novel Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-Zi (Graywolf Press), which won the 2024 National Book Award in Translated Literature.
How It Works
When you register, you’ll be enrolled in a portal on Thinkific, our online learning platform, which will give you access to the Zoom link for the lecture along with any reading you’ll need to complete in advance of the class. This is also where the videos will be uploaded after the lectures take place.
FAQ
When can I register for this class?
Registration is open now and will remain open throughout the year.
Will I be able to interact with the lecturers?
Yes. Students will be able to ask questions and chat with lecturers during the live lectures. There will be no instructor engagement once the lecture concludes.
How much time will the class take?
Each lecture runs between one hour to one hour and fifteen minutes.
Can I take the class on my phone?
Yes, the class can be taken on a phone.
Do you offer financial aid or scholarships for this class?
If the cost of the class is a significant burden, please email edu.support@one-story.com
Discounts & Policies
Our online classes are designed to be safe spaces for all who participate. One Story will not tolerate hate speech, bullying, or harassment directed toward instructors or fellow students, and reserves the right to remove participants who engage in such behavior from our classes.
Refund Policy: One Story class payment is non-refundable after the class’s start date. For this class, refunds are no longer available after March 13, 2025. For questions about the refund policy, or if you are unable to take the class after you have registered, please contact maribeth@one-story.com.
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