About the Workshop

Writing love stories is a revolutionary act. Writing fiction while the world is at war, or in a state of dizzying torment requires a bit of confidence and defiance. How can one write fiction when the world is such a mess? Yet stories are what we need to counter the violence and injustice in the world, and love stories—romantic, platonic, and familial—provide a means to use compassion, humor, and joy to look at the human condition. This generative workshop uses prompts to write and share fiction in class, revise at home, and return for further critique and prompts. By the end of the week, you will have either a draft of a short story or a collection of ideas to work on on your own.

Please bring a 500-750 word sample of something you are working on for our first meeting. 

About the Instructor

Indira Ganesan is the author of three novels: The Journey, Inheritance, and As Sweet as Honey. She was born in Srirangam, India, and grew up in St. Louis, MO, and Rockland County, NY. She held fellowships from the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, The MacDowell Colony, The Paden Institute for Writers of Color, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She reviews non-fiction books for Phi Beta Kappa’s online magazine, The Key Reporter, and teaches fiction at Emerson College. She hosts Namaste, a weekly global music program on Cape Cod community radio, WOMR/WFMR. Her website is indiraganesan.com.