Borrow Like a Writer: A Generative Fiction Course
Borrow Like a Writer: A Seven Week Generative Fiction Course
In his essay “The Ecstasy of Influence” Jonathem Lethem argues for the eager plundering of earlier art to make new art. The idea is that all writing is recycled, the key is to channel age-old ideas and write pieces that are distinctly our own. Each week we will read and discuss two published stories by authors like Nabokov, Justin Torres, Mary Gaitskill and more, to look deeply at the ways the author constructed their own unique narrative.