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Master Sci-fi and Fantasy Crime Fiction
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REACH YOUR APEX
Mid-March Updates
We have some exciting workshops to offer in the coming weeks. Tomorrow is "Mastering the Art of Sci-fi and Fantasy Crime Writing" by Lavie Tidhar. Lavie is a student of the noir style with notable works such as A Man Lies Dying and "'Loon Town."
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Apex Magazine managing editor Rebecca Treasure continues her popular run of workshops with "Six Exercises for Polishing Your Prose." We welcome instructor and author Shanna Germain to the Reach Your Apex family with her first workshop "Cracking the Anthology Code: Tips and Tricks for Getting a Yes."
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On down the road, we are excited to offer an asynchronous course led by horror icon Gemma Files titled "Frankenstein That Stuff: Mixing Tropes for Dynamic Plots." Continuing the horror theme, Darian Bianco leads the one-shot workshop "Children in Horror".
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These are but a taste of what we have planned for the spring. Head to our website to find our full schedule of courses!
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Mastering the Art of Sci-fi and Fantasy Crime Fiction
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$35.00
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Mystery and crime are two of the most popular genres of our time, the mainstay of numerous books and television shows. They also have an enormous influence on science fiction and fantasy, from Asimov’s The Caves of Steel to William Gibson’s Neuromancer and beyond. In this class we’ll discuss the different approaches to mystery and crime, from the classic puzzle story to hardboiled and noir to the cozies, how to plot easily and effectively, plant useful clues and apply the tools of the genre to science fiction and fantasy stories.
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Six Exercises for Polishing Your Prose
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$50.00
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Join Apex Magazine Managing Editor Rebecca Treasure to explore six elements of writing fiction (premise, perspective, promise, setting, plot, and payoff) and dedicated exercises for each. Class is lecture based but active participation is encouraged!
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Cracking the Anthology Code: Tips and Tricks for Getting a Yes
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$35.00
Anthologies are a fantastic market for both new and seasoned writers, a chance to place your short work in a great home and to get your name out there. Because most have a theme and a deadline, they’re also a great way to practice writing outside your comfort zone, finishing projects on time, and submitting your work.
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But the competition can be fierce. So how do you create a story that stands out from the crowd?
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In this course, award-winning writer and editor Shanna Germain will share the tips and tricks that she’s used to place her stories in hundreds of anthologies.
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FOR WRITERS: Speculative Poetry Is Alive
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The abstraction and aesthetics of poetry increasingly allow writers to infuse poetic text in their prose, sometimes in prose poetic form or as epigraphs in stories, novels, and novellas to enhance the rhythm, impact, and poeticity of the text.
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