Daytime Combo: Fiction and Creative Nonfiction (Christina Ward-Niven)

  • September 18, 2025
  • 1:00 PM
  • November 06, 2025
  • 3:30 PM
  • WriterHouse
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This class will meet in person at WriterHouse for 8 sessions on Thursdays from 1:00 PM-3:30 PM, September 18 through November 6th.

Description:

In this MFA-style workshop, we will read one story or essay by a published author each week and discuss what makes it tick. How exactly does the piece work? We’ll dig into a wide range of craft topics, as they come up—point of view, characterization, pacing, clarity, mystery, and more. Next, we’ll turn the same lens to our own work, reading and responding to two participants’ pieces per week. Short stories, essays, and/or memoir are welcome. Links to online reading assignments will be provided weekly by the instructor, via email.

About the Instructor:

Christina Ward-Niven holds an MFA in Fiction from Warren Wilson College’s Program for Writers. She also earned a BA in English from William and Mary and an MS in Journalism from Boston University. She worked as a nonfiction writer and editor for several organizations in Washington, D.C., before moving to Charlottesville and shifting her focus to fiction. Her recent work has appeared in Husk ZineAntioch Review, Virginia Quarterly ReviewFiction Writers ReviewCRAFT Literary, and elsewhere.



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