“Unlock the Secrets of Short Story Mastery: Can Joyce Carol Oates Transform Your Writing Journey?”
- No critique of your work. The class doesn’t promise this, but if you’re looking to interact more with an instructor, namely getting critique or brainstorming, this isn’t the class for you. As I mentioned before, there are office hours to ask questions, but you’re not going to get a critique of your work from Oates.
- It’s very similar to a college course. Oates even said at one point that the class was basically a condensed version of her undergraduate college course. For me, this made it a bit dry. Also, the benefit of a college course is the ability to be right in the room with the instructor, and that’s not the case here.
- Not in-depth enough. I write a lot of short stories and have read a lot about writing short stories. If you’re looking for an advanced class on structure, this isn’t for you.
- No process. Oates doesn’t quite get to giving a step-by-step process of how to go about writing a short story, nor a gameplan on the revision process.
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