In this session, short story writer Steve Trumpeter will explore the craft elements that help stories stand out in the crowd. We’ll consider how to evaluate our own work as objectively as possible so we can be confident that we’re taking our best shot when we send our stories out into the world. We’ll learn strategies for breaking out of the eternal revision cycle and recognizing when we can call our drafts “final.”
STEVE TRUMPETER is a writer, artist, and musician from Chicago. His recent fiction has appeared in The Southern Review, Salamander, American Fiction, Chicago Quarterly Review and others. He was a finalist for the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award and took 2nd place in Zoetrope: All-Story’s 2019 fiction contest. He teaches creative writing classes at StoryStudio Chicago. Discover his stories, paintings, music, and more here.
