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A Course in Creative Writing. Second group (18+)

Date

Hours

19:30–21:30

Place

Kids’ Studio

12 sessions

120 min

How does one start writing and where does one look for inspiration? How can you diversify your reading list and learn to understand fiction? These are some of the questions discussed in the course by novelist Leonid Kostyukov.

Learn about the tricks that help writers find their audience, and find out how to start writing. Is it more important to have a plot or to know who your characters are? As the course progresses, the group will learn to understand what a literary work is and how it is made, learn how to find one's unique style, and write a short story.

Class size: 15

Price per Segment: 14 000 RUB

ABOUT THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR

 
Leonid Kostyukov

Leonid Kostyukov is an author of poetry and prose. He studied at Moscow State University (Mechanics and Mathematics, graduated in 1981) and the Literature Institute (graduated in 1989), and has published over fifty works of fiction (in magazines like Znamya, Druzhba narodov, Oktyabr, Arion, Vozduh, Ogonyok and Novyi mir) and over 500 articles in international press (including in the USA, Israel, France, and Serbia). He has received the Druzhba narodov and Ulov awards for the best short story, and is a jury member for short stories at the Debyut awards. He has compiled a two-volume anthology of contemporary poetry, and several online anthologies of poetry and prose. He reads lectures and runs workshops in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other cities.

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Schedule

Reading. Writing. Critique

In the first class, participants will learn how to approach a text, how to take criticism, and whether a desire to write is enough to start writing.

Date
Thursday, February 14
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

Literature and pulp fiction

In the second class, participants will discuss the difference between great prose and pulp fiction, talk about their purposes and the ideas behind them.

Date
Monday, February 21
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

Blank page problem

Participants will discuss the best ways to start writing, and look at some of the best new beginnings in world literature.

Date
Thursday, February 28
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

The nature of fiction

The class looks at the process of writing fiction and how lived experiences and real emotions help describe fictional events.

Date
Thursday, March 7
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

Protagonist’s free will

Leonid Kostyukov will speak about the development of the protagonist’s character through his or her actions and words.

Date
Thursday, March 14
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

Types in fiction

What is the difference between a “typical” and a “lifelike” situation? In this class, participants will think of how to try and say something new about the everyday.

Date
Thursday, March 21
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

Prose genres

The seventh class of the course is devoted to genres. Participants will look at the differences between big and small form in literature and learn to compare them.

Date
Thursday, March 28
Time
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Kids' Studio

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