Fiction Manuscript Workshop: Short Story Craft & Revision — 6-Week Online Fiction Workshop with Josh Krigman Starts Monday, April 5th, 2027

Short Story Writing Workshop: Craft & Revision | April 2027 Online

Fiction Manuscript Writing Workshop: Short Story Craft & Revision with Josh Krigman

Begins Monday, April 5, 2027
Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Mondays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

🌍 Class Times by Time Zone:

• Los Angeles (PDT): 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
• Chicago (CDT): 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• New York (EDT): 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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Instructor Josh Krigman is a writer, teacher, and facilitator in New York City. He has taught creative writing at Hunter College, the United Nations International School, 826NYC, The Writer's Rock, and National Geographic Expeditions. He has been awarded residencies from Vermont Studio Center, and his work has appeared in the Summerset Review, Akashic Books, Necessary Fiction, and elsewhere. He received his MFA in fiction from Hunter College. Through Little Nights, he hosts interdisciplinary events designed to make art-making more accessible to new audiences.

Who is this class for?

This introductory fiction workshop is for writers who want to learn new craft techniques and who are ready to receive feedback on a short story in progress. Whether you are finishing your first story or returning to a draft that stalled, you will leave with direct feedback on your work and new strategies for revision drawn from our group analysis of published fiction.

What to expect:

In this six-week online writing class, we will study different aspects of the craft of fiction, using the work of published authors to better understand plot, voice, dialogue, symbolism, and escalation. Each session pairs the close reading of one short story with a focused conversation about a single craft element, so that by the end of the course you have six distinct lessons you can carry into your own stories.

Beginning in Week 2, each class also includes a workshop of two student submissions. Participants give and receive thoughtful feedback on each other's work, both through in-class conversation and in written responses shared with each week's writers. These workshops are structured around helping each writer make their writing the best version of itself.

Josh's workshops encourage dissenting interpretations and opinions of every story we discuss. More than reaching agreement about what we do or don't like, the goal is to understand why we are having the experience of a story and how the writer accomplished it. That way, you get that much closer to learning how you want to do it (or not do it) in your own fiction. Through these discussions, participants gain a clearer sense of their craft, a greater knowledge of the tools at their disposal, and a keener eye for how other writers use those same tools, and to what effect.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will submit one piece of fiction up to 5,000 words and receive written feedback from the instructor and all participants. Students will leave with six distinct craft lessons, a marked-up draft of a current work in progress, and the practice of close reading and editing that comes from workshopping the submissions of other participants.

Readings

Readings may include "San Francisco" by Amy Hempel, "The Old Dictionary" by Lydia Davis, "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" by Jhumpa Lahiri, "Notes to My Biographer" by Adam Haslett, "The Dinner Party" by Joshua Ferris, "The Night Gardener" by Benjamin Labatut, and "The School" by Donald Barthelme.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Flash Fiction and Structure. Close reading of "San Francisco" by Amy Hempel and "The Old Dictionary" by Lydia Davis; in-class discussion of flash fiction.

Week 2: Plot vs. Story. Close reading of "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" by Jhumpa Lahiri; in-class conversation about structuring plot; workshop of two student submissions.

Week 3: Voice. Close reading of "Notes to My Biographer" by Adam Haslett; in-class conversation about literary cinematography; workshop of two student submissions.

Week 4: Dialogue. Close reading of "The Dinner Party" by Joshua Ferris; in-class conversation about dialogue and subtext; workshop of two student submissions.

Week 5: Symbolism. Close reading of "The Night Gardener" by Benjamin Labatut; in-class conversation about symbolism vs. metaphor; workshop of two student submissions.

Week 6: Escalation. Close reading of "The School" by Donald Barthelme; in-class conversation about escalation and pressure; workshop of two student submissions.

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• Written feedback from the instructor and every participant on one short story of up to 5,000 words
• Six distinct craft lessons covering structure, plot, voice, dialogue, symbolism, and escalation
• Revision strategies drawn from close reading of seven published short stories
• A sharper eye for how published writers use the tools of fiction, and to what effect
• Practice giving useful, specific feedback through workshopping fellow writers' drafts

TESTIMONIALS:

"This class was a delight. Josh has a deft touch with guiding us and making room for the diversity of our interpretations, comments, and digressions in a way that lets each person's voice stand."
— Former Student

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $445 USD. You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout.

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:

• Instructor: Josh Krigman
• Begins Monday, April 5, 2027
• Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Mondays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
• Tuition is $445 USD.