Fiction Writing Workshop

This fiction writing workshop will meet once a month for six months (March–August) to explore the elements of craft. Each month, we will have a short tutorial on one aspect of fiction writing, including character, wants, plot, dialogue, and resolution, followed by discussing two to four participant submissions of existing short stories, opening novel chapters, or new work inspired by the workshop.

Submissions will be compiled into one document and emailed to participants.

Writers will be invited to help guide the agenda for feedback about their own work. Participants should commit to: · Submitting one to two times during the six months · Submitting by the due date · Reading up to 10,000 words (approximately 40 typed, double-spaced pages) per class · Responding to other people's drafts during workshop

It's important to the workshop process that we create a community of writers who know and trust each other, so please commit to attending at least five of the six classes. Space is limited and registration is required.

Susan Petrone is the author of the novels The Musical Mozinskis (2024), The Heebie-Jeebie Girl (2020), The Super Ladies (2018), Throw Like a Woman (2015), and A Body at Rest (2009). She is a recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for fiction. She has been published in such diverse venues as the Cleveland Noir anthology, Glimmer Train, ESPN.com, Belt, and Whiskey Island. Her short story, "Monster Jones Wants to Creep You Out" (Conclave, 2010) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is also one of the co-founders and former president of Literary Cleveland (litcleveland.org).