Are you writing a novel? Short stories? Flash fiction? It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop designed to help you create new work or make progress on your project. You'll respond to writing prompts, write outside of class to meet weekly deadlines, analyze published fiction, and discuss craft elements such as plot, character development, structure, style, tension, pacing, and more.
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Details: Creating New Fiction - January 2026 takes place Wednesdays January 7, January 14, January 21, January 28, February 4, and February 11 from 6:30-8:30pm remotely online via Zoom.
Genre: Fiction
Level: All levels are welcome.
Format: Craft and generative workshop with writing in and outside of class.
Location: This class takes place remotely online via Zoom.
Size: Limited to 12 participants (including scholarships).
Suggested Sequence: Follow this class with a craft and/or generative nonfiction workshop, a feedback course, or a publishing course.
Scholarships: Two scholarship spots are available for this class for writers in Northeast Ohio. Apply by December 15. Click here to apply.
Cancellations & Refunds: Cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the first class meeting to receive a full refund. Email info@litcleveland.org.
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Alida Dean is a writer and educator living in Upstate New York. Her short stories have recently appeared in The Forge, Nashville Review, Ninth Letter, and SmokeLong Quarterly, among other venues. She earned her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati and is a lecturer in the Writing Department at Ithaca College.
Remotely online via Zoom
Cleveland OH
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