Genre Fiction Workshop

Calendar and Readings

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	What is genre fiction? Is it something real and specific or simply a marketing category? What genres particularly interest the members of this class? Instructor’s notes (PDF)
2	How do we recognize an individual work as belonging to a particular genre? How do we define the edges of the genres? Instructor’s notes (PDF)	Laetz, Brian, and Joshua J. Johnston. “What is Fantasy?” Philosophy and Literature 32, no. 1 (2008): 161–72.
3	The Reader Writer Contract Subgenres Instructor’s notes (PDF)	The Reader Writer Contract by Chawna Schroeder
4	Suspense, Structure, and Keeping/Telling Secrets Instructor’s notes (PDF)	Sayers, Dorothy. The Nine Tailors. Mariner Books, 1966. ISBN: 9780156658997.
5	Trope and Cliché Instructor’s notes (PDF)	Jones, Diana Wynn. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel. Firebird Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780142407226.
6	Building the World Instructor’s notes (PDF)	Delany, Samuel R. Babel-17. Ace Books, Inc., 1966. ISBN: 9780441045914.
7	Teaching the Rules First Piece Due Instructor’s notes (PDF)	Garrett, Randall. Too Many Magicians. Ace, 1955. ISBN: 97804418169724. This book was determined by the genre interests of the class.
8–11	Workshops Instructor’s additional notes (PDF)	Workshopping – The Rules of Engagement & The Mechanics (PDF)
12	Crossover and Combination	To be determined by the genre interests of the class.
13	Crossover (cont.) Second Piece Due
14–17	Workshops Session 17: Third Piece Due
18–21	Workshops
22	Special Topics All Final Drafts Due
23	Life in Real World Genre Publishing
24	Bring Laptops Scotch Lecture

Instructor’s original handwritten notes (PDF - 9.1MB)