In these Interintellect workshop salons, <a href="https://twitter.com/sylksie">Sylvia R</a> helps us to master the art of short fiction – by reading some of the greatest short story writers and applying their techniques.

In this session, we’ll start reading <a href="https://amzn.to/2SixTkl">“A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”</a>, George Saunders’s literary masterclass on what makes great stories work (based on the nineteenth-century Russian short story in translation class he teaches as part of the graduate MFA program at Syracuse University).

The salon will be structured as follows:

Section 1: Discuss

We’ll look into Chapter 1 of <a href="https://amzn.to/2SixTkl">“A Swim in the Pond in the Rain”</a>, which focuses on Anton Chekhov’s “In the Cart”.

Section 2: Write

We’ll spend one hour silently writing together. You’re welcome to spend this time on short stories or on anything else: long fiction, non-fiction, journaling, academic papers, Twitter threads, …

Section 3: Exchange Feedback

We’ll hear how others read and understand our words. The aim is for everyone to receive individual feedback on their writing — either on a piece you worked on during Section 2 or on something you created outside of the salon.

Salon reading materials:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://amzn.to/2SixTkl">“A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”</a> by George Saunders, Chapter 1</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/06/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-by-george-saunders-review-rules-for-good-writing-and-more">Review for “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain”</a></li>
 	<li>If you have questions on reading materials or salon structure, please get in touch with your host <a href="https://twitter.com/sylksie">Sylvia R</a>.</li>
</ul>
Time zones:

Saturday 5th June
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 	<li>9am in Los Angeles / San Francisco</li>
 	<li>12pm in New York</li>
 	<li>5pm in London</li>
 	<li>6pm in Berlin / Paris</li>
 	<li>9:30pm in Mumbai</li>
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