Name: Upper-Level Genre Fiction
Start: 2025-11-12T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-17T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Online via Zoom (link sent week of class)

Five Wednesday Sessions

Dates: 11/12 – 12/17 (OFF 11/26)

6 – 8 PM EST

ONLINE

Join an encouraging, positive workshop environment to make progress on your genre fiction project. Genre fiction includes mystery, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction, magical realism, romance, women’s fiction, book club fiction, commercial fiction, young adult and any combination of the above. We will read aloud in class up to 1,000 words of our works-in-progress for positive feedback. Discussion of craft topics pertinent to genre fiction such as reader expectations, tropes, and plot structure will be sprinkled in, as well as information about how to position your project in the marketplace.

This class is ideal for people who:

Are intermediate and advanced writers looking to make progress on or begin a genre fiction novel, novella, or short story.
Are interested in learning about publication paths for genre fiction.

What you will take from this class:

Progress on your genre fiction project.
Knowledge about the market for genre fiction and where your project might fit into the publishing landscape.

6:00 pm EST - 8:00 pm EST

November 12, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Online via Zoom (link sent week of class)

Meet the Instructor

Libby Waterford

Libby Waterford is the author of over two dozen contemporary romance novels and novellas under two pen names, including the Never a Bride and Sawyer's Cove: The Reboot series. The former President of the Connecticut Chapter of Romance Writers of America®, Libby teaches classes on genre fiction, romance writing, and self-publishing.

$320.00

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