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About September's Workshop
Those of us who attended old-school MFA programs may have received some dismissive ideas about genre fiction, but the truth is that we can learn a lot from this kind of writing.
Elements of speculative fiction that are important in any literary work include world-building, imagining alternate realities, using various iterations of the monster, and always keeping the plot moving. This course is a fun way to welcome more imagination and play into your writing life!
This workshop begin’s on September 1, 2025. Paid subscribers will receive full access to this and all of our workshops for $10/mo
About The Instructor
Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the novels Dear Edna Sloane, Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean From Here, as well as the forthcoming Animal Instinct (Putnam, 2025). She has worked as an editor at Medium, JSTOR, Conde Nast, and other organizations, and has taught creative writing at NYU, Sackett Street Writers Workshop, the Yale Writers' Workshop, and Writing Co-Lab, an experimental cooperative she helped found. Amy's work has appeared in many publications including the New York Times Modern Love column, Slate, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Coastal Living. Amy has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and lives in Brooklyn with her two children. You can find her at amyshearnwrites.com or @amyshearn.