Too often overlooked and under-respected in literary circles, "genre fiction," especially speculative and fabulist fiction, have unique opportunities to reflect our real world in their invented worlds. We will discuss emerging and established iconography of various genres, and ways writers can work within and beyond these existing languages to establish worlds slightly (or extremely) different from our own. We will explore means of engagingly explaining unfamiliar worlds without relying unduly on exposition, leading into exercises applicable for writers in any prose style, with time for sharing and discussion.
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Details: Genre & Worldbuilding in Fiction takes place Tuesday March 10 from 6:30-8:30pm remotely online via Zoom.
Prerequisite: None
Genre: Fiction
Level: All levels
Format: One session craft talk
Location: This class takes place remotely online via Zoom.
Size: Limited to 35 participants (including two scholarship recipients).
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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Dave Essinger vividly remembers sheltering under school cafeteria tables for “fallout drills” in case of nuclear war, and has been more or less expecting the world to end ever since. His new post-apocalyptic novel This World and the Next is available from Main Street Rag Publishing Company in print and all the best outlets in ebook.
Remotely Online Via Zoom
Cleveland, OH
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