Fiction Workshop at the Arts Council (starts January 20)

Do you have a story in you?

This six-week fiction workshop will be a writers' laboratory--a place for experiments, invention, and discovery. Participants will engage in a variety of creative exercises, both in and out of class; read literary texts that may inspire their own work; share their writing and receive feedback; and, most importantly, write something new every week.

If you are looking to revise or polish a piece you've already written, this is not the class for you. Instead, it's a chance to learn fresh approaches and generate new work. My aim is for each person to finish the course with a story in progress and lots of motivation for future writing.

6-week class, January 20 through February 24, 2010, Wednesdays 4-6PM at the Madison County Arts Council (90 Main St., Marshall). Fee: $180.

To register, contact the Arts Council at info@madisoncountyarts.com or (828) 649-1301.

Instructor Leni Zumas is the author of the story collection FAREWELL NAVIGATOR (Open City, 2008). Her award-winning fiction has been published in Quarterly West, New York Tyrant, New Orleans Review, and many other journals. She has taught creative writing at the University of Massachusetts, Hunter College, the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, and Columbia University. Visit her on the Web at www.lenizumas.com.