ONLINE Writing Speculative Fiction
8 Weeks | Tuesdays | Begins February 25, 2025
6pm-8pm PT | 7pm-9pm MT | 9pm-11pm ET
Instructor: Elisabeth Shehner
MEMBER PRICE: $300.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $400.00
Spaceships and ghosts and witches—oh my! In this course, we’ll explore the craft of speculative fiction and embrace everything that is offbeat, eccentric, and downright bizarre.
You might’ve heard of speculative fiction, but trying to define the genre is another task. In fact, you’ll likely find many different definitions of the term. Broadly speaking, speculative fiction encompasses any work that blurs the edge of reality including subgenres such as science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, horror, and many others!
Each week, we’ll dive into a different subgenre under the speculative umbrella. Through activities, we’ll work on integrating basic elements of story structure like plot, characters, and dialogue into the weirdness of speculative fiction. To get the most out of this course, we recommend that writers have a basic grasp on storytelling fundamentals.
If you’re interested in writing that steps outside the ‘normal’ world (whether you’re crafting stories where zombies are a metaphor for consumerism or plain ol’ flesh-eating monsters) this course is for you. So, grab your quill, comm, or Ouija board and get ready to tell your story!
This class is an interactive online workshop using Zoom.
Elisabeth Shehner is a writer from Edmonton. She recently received her MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her flash fiction has been longlisted in Room Magazine’s short forms contest and won the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Furious Fiction Challenge. In 2019, she attended the Emerging Writers’ Intensive Workshop at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, swimming, and yoga.
We are a community that thrives on support and encouragement. Based on the philosophy of "no writer left behind", the J. Michael Fay Subsidy Program is available to anyone who finds themselves in financial need but really wants or needs to participate in one our programs are classes. Click link above for more details and to apply.
