Workshop: Write a Short Story in Three Weeks with Jess Row
Workshop: Write a Short Story in Three Weeks with Jess Row
3 Sessions: Mondays, January 11, 18, 25
7:30-9:30pm ET
Jess Row
Jess Row is the author of seven books, most recently his third story collection, Storyknife (2026) and the novel The New Earth (2023). His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Granta, Ploughshares, n+1, and many other venues, including three times in The Best American Short Stories. He has won the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Prize twice. He teaches in the Department of English at NYU.
In this workshop we'll travel as quickly as possible from your early drafts, scraps, and associations to a finished story, by looking for the key sources of energy, interest, and change in your materials. If you have a story idea you've been kicking around for years and don't quite know how to make it happen, bring it to this workshop and watch it blossom. Along the way, we'll take inspiration from some classics of the genre, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" and James Alan McPherson's "Elbow Room."
Highlights:
How to find the essential "fulcrum moment," or moment of greatest change, that powers a short story
How to locate the right moment to enter and exit a short story
Learn the three key principles to apply to every sentence in your story
This class has 2 scholarships available. To apply, please fill out this form by Monday, January 4.
Jess Row is the author of seven books, most recently his third story collection, Storyknife (2026) and the novel The New Earth (2023). His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Granta, Ploughshares, n+1, and many other venues, including three times in The Best American Short Stories. He has won the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Prize twice. He teaches in the Department of English at NYU.
