Class
6-Week Workshop: Finessing Historical Fiction

Artists
Price
Regular $222.00
Friend $199.80
Date
September 16, 2025 - October 21, 2025
Time
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Genre
Fiction
Family
Adult
Level
Open to All Levels
Location
Open Book-Loft Classroom
Number of Sessions
6
Day of the Week
Tuesday
Duration
6 Week
Goal
Feedback & Polish
Fiction with open book and stars

Research may be the backbone of nonfiction, but it also adds depth, detail and accuracy to fiction. Author Rachel Werner will share the tools and strategies writers need to dig into research with confidence. Whether you’re writing for to traditionally publish; the educational market; or lit magazines, understanding how to conduct and organize your research matters. What sources should be used to make a historical setting or rendering read more true than false? What sort of strategic and culturally-sensitive research is necessary to discover (and verify) factual information about the time and/or place you've chosen? Using visual outlining tools, participants will brainstorm—then draft and revise—a short story (or a chapter from a WIP) in a historical setting.

Please email [email protected] at least two to three weeks in advance if you have any accessibility requests for this class. Please see the Loft’s website for the most up to date information about the Loft’s COVID policies.