"Revelation"

"Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor.

How are characters revealed?
How does O'Connor handle time and space?

Manuscript Formatting

Click on Manuscipt Formatting to see what the stories you submit for publication should look like.

This is what you should include in a cover letter:  Name, one- to -two-sentence bio, a brief publication history (if you have one), the title of the story you are submitting.  And then:  "Thanks for your consideration."

Vladimir Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols"

"Signs and Symbols," by Vladimir Nabokov.

What is the story here?
What is the plot?
How does Nabokov reveal the story?
What voice does he use?

Robert Coover's "Going for a Beer"

"Going for a Beer," by Robert Coover.

Just one question to think about:

Is this a short story?

George Saunder's "Tenth of December"

George Saunder's "Tenth of December."

Let's talk about how the scenes move into one another -- how Saunder's does "the leap frog."

"Bullet in the Brain," by Tobias Wolff.

"Bullet in the Brain," by Tobias Wolff..

Questions

Think about how Wolff uses exposition in this story...  Trace the "now" back to the "then," and back again.

What are the differences between the voice of the story and the main character of the story?

What work does the "bullet" do narratively?

"The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick

"The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick.

Questions

How does the voice of this story convey such intense emotion?
How does Ozick characterize these characters without re-victimizing them?
Point out some "objective-corellatives" Ozick uses...