Genre Fiction Classes - Sarah Lawrence College

"Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and explore anything." - Octavia Butler

From speculative fiction to romance novels, thrillers to mysteries, horror to hybrid writing, genre fiction gives us a chance to tell stories in a new way. Our workshops and seminars in genre fiction provide writers a dedicated space to discuss the craft of the genre and receive feedback in a supportive environment.

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Writing Home

Course Description: What does it mean to write about home? In this generative craft class, we’ll examine home in architecture, nations, and the hum ... View More

Start date: 05/30/23

End date: 06/27/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Tue .

Instructor : Samantha Steiner

Tuition: $470.00

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10 Week Fiction Workshop: Novel Writing Master Class

In this intensive workshop, a veteran editor of a major publishing house will help you hone your story arc, character development, setting, voice, p ... View More

Start date: 05/31/23

End date: 08/02/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Instructor : Caitlin Alexander

Tuition: $770.00

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5 Week Fiction Workshop: Playing with Point of View

When we sit down to write, we're making a million decisions, and many of them are intuitive. But deciding between first person, second person, third p ... View More

Start date: 06/01/23

End date: 06/29/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Thu .

Instructor : Rachel Aydt

Tuition: $470.00

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2 Day Fiction Workshop: The Art of Endings

You've written an entire story---except for the ending. You've deleted and rewritten the last paragraph, the last page, or the last ten pages and it h ... View More

Start date: 06/05/23

End date: 06/12/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Mon .

Instructor : Akhir Stewart

Tuition: $125.00

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What's in a Name? Writing Great Titles

We’ve all heard that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but can you judge it by its title? A good title does more than attract readers: it conta ... View More

Start date: 06/16/23

End date: 06/16/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Fri .

Instructor : Lee Hittner-Cunningham

Tuition: $99.00

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2 Day Poetry Workshop: Writing New Myths: Speculative Poetry

How does the fantastical manifest in poetry? How can elements of the speculative be applied in the context of verse? From time travel and apocalypse, ... View More

Start date: 06/17/23

End date: 06/24/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Sat .

Instructor : Zachariah Claypole White

Tuition: $125.00

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Books on the Barge with Allegra Hyde & Tables of Contents

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Start date: 06/17/23

End date: 06/17/23

1 session

Days of the Week : Sun, Sat .

Instructor : Writing Institute Staff

Tuition: $40.00

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One Day Workshop: Byline Bootcamp: Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Short Nonfiction Published

Do you have a story to share? Want to break into the industry or become more widely published? Curious how freelancers make a living? Byline Bootcam ... View More

Start date: 06/28/23

End date: 06/28/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Instructor : Melissa Petro

Tuition: $99.00

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Five Week Fiction Workshop: Speculative, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

Storytelling originated in hyperbole, nonrealism, other worlds, and mythology. Tales of death-defying feats that elicit horror, fear, hope, triumph, o ... View More

Start date: 07/10/23

End date: 08/07/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Mon .

Instructor : Molly McGhee

Tuition: $470.00

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5 Week Prose Workshop: The Art of Writing Great Dialogue

Great dialogue can move a story forward, offer insight into characters, and give readers the delicious feeling that they are eavesdropping on real lif ... View More

Start date: 07/11/23

End date: 08/08/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Tue .

Instructor : Susan Kleinman

Tuition: $470.00

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5 Week Fiction Workshop: Social Justice & Speculative Fiction

Fantastical writing has historically served as a platform to deliver social critiques. In this course, students will read a selection of speculative ... View More

Start date: 07/12/23

End date: 08/09/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Instructor : Margarita Perez-Padi

Tuition: $470.00

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One Day Workshop: Learn How to Link Your Short Stories or Memoirs into a Collection

A rising trend in publishing is novels-in-stories, otherwise known as linked short stories. If you have short stories or memoirs languishing in a draw ... View More

Start date: 07/15/23

End date: 07/15/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Sat .

Instructor : Tessa Smith McGovern

Tuition: $179.00

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Start date: 05/30/23

End date: 06/27/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Tue .

Instructor : Samantha Steiner

Tuition: $470.00

Start date: 05/31/23

End date: 08/02/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Instructor : Caitlin Alexander

Tuition: $770.00

Start date: 06/01/23

End date: 06/29/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Thu .

Instructor : Rachel Aydt

Tuition: $470.00

Start date: 06/05/23

End date: 06/12/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Mon .

Instructor : Akhir Stewart

Tuition: $125.00

Start date: 06/16/23

End date: 06/16/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Fri .

Instructor : Lee Hittner-Cunningham

Tuition: $99.00

Start date: 06/17/23

End date: 06/24/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Sat .

Instructor : Zachariah Claypole White

Tuition: $125.00

Start date: 06/17/23

End date: 06/17/23

1 session

Days of the Week : Sun, Sat .

Instructor : Writing Institute Staff

Tuition: $40.00

Start date: 06/28/23

End date: 06/28/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Instructor : Melissa Petro

Tuition: $99.00

Start date: 07/10/23

End date: 08/07/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Mon .

Instructor : Molly McGhee

Tuition: $470.00

Start date: 07/11/23

End date: 08/08/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Tue .

Instructor : Susan Kleinman

Tuition: $470.00

Start date: 07/12/23

End date: 08/09/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Wed .

Instructor : Margarita Perez-Padi

Tuition: $470.00

Start date: 07/15/23

End date: 07/15/23

Days of the Week : Weekly - Sat .

Instructor : Tessa Smith McGovern

Tuition: $179.00

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