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Experimenting with Short Fiction with Julie Koh
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Julie Koh (1:40)
Part One: Thinking Like an Experimental Writer
Introduction (1:15)
Experimental Fiction and Its Characteristics
Oulipo
Oulipian Examples
My Work as an ‘Experimental’ Writer (1:43)
Kanganoulipo
The Creative Personality
Strategies for Optimising Creativity
The Artist’s Way
Exercise: Brainstorm Artist Dates
Other Strategies
Mapping the Mind
Exercise: Map Your Mind
Part Two: Playing with Form
Introduction (1:04)
Formats and Styles
Exercises in Style
O’Neill at Play
Form Example 1: Obituary
Form Example 2: Worksheet
Form Example 3: Automated Email
Exercise: Write in a Fun Format or Style
Longer Stories: ‘C is for Cockroach’ (1:46)
List of Ideas
Structural Conventions and the Writing Process
Examples of Constraints
Exercise: Set Your Own Constraints
Juxtaposition, Synthesis and the Extreme
Exercise: Take It to the Extreme
Part Three: Getting Unstuck and Building on Your Story
Introduction (1:39)
The Elevator Pitch
More Tips for Getting Unstuck
Disrupt Your Thinking
Randonaughting (1:34)
Exercise: Go On an Artist Date
Exercise: Build on a Story
Staying True to Your Unique Voice
Recommended Reading
Places to Publish
Experiment Over! (1:33)
Feedback
Thank you
Exercise: Write in a Fun Format or Style
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