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Exploring and Writing Magical Realism, 6-week class with P.C. Verrone. A stag stands before a glowing moon in a dark forest.
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Exploring and Writing Magical Realism — 6-Week Online Fiction Workshop with P.C. Verrone Starts Tuesday, May 4th, 2027

Early bird $643 CAD until Tue, Apr 20 $715 CAD after
$643.00

Magical Realism Writing Workshop | May 2027 Online

Exploring and Writing Magical Realism: A 6-Week Fiction Workshop with P.C. Verrone

Begins Tuesday, May 4, 2027
Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Tuesdays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

🌍 Class Times by Time Zone:

  • Los Angeles (PDT): 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Chicago (CDT): 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • New York (EDT): 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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Instructor P.C. Verrone's work has appeared in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, We're Here: Best Queer Speculative Fiction, FIYAH, Nightmare, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. His debut novel Rabbit, Fox, Tar was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and selected for Indies Introduce and Poets & Writers First Fiction. Verrone was the recipient of the Otherwise Award, Tin House Residency, WNDB Black Creatives Revision Workshop, and Playwrights Center Many Voices Fellowship. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University-Newark. He lives in Dallas with his husband and their dog.

Meet the Teaching Artist

Meet the Teaching Artist: Exploring and Writing Magical Realism with P.C. Verrone

Who is this class for?

This course is open to both genre and literary writers interested in learning the history and conventions of magical realism and applying this knowledge to their own writing. This six-week class is limited to just 10 writers.

What to expect:

Magical realism is a global genre of fiction that uses experimental and speculative narrative techniques to explore the ordinary world through the uncanny. This online writing workshop focuses on exploring magical realism through writing short fiction, and we will reference magical realist fiction by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Han Kang, Louise Erdrich, and many others as examples of how the genre can be used in storytelling across the world.

With guidance from P.C. Verrone, each week will focus on breaking down a key aspect of magical realist literature. In the first week, P.C. Verrone will provide writing prompts to spur ideas as students begin their 5,000 max-word short stories.

We will also coordinate a workshop schedule. In Weeks 5 and 6, we will workshop students' stories, discussing craft techniques such as characterization, voice, and tone as well as the stories' magical realist aspects, and we will continue to discuss the conventions of magical realism in relation to the course readings. In the final week, we will also discuss revision plans and tips for submitting revised stories for publication.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will draft one complete short story of up to 5,000 words, produce the beginning pages of multiple new stories, and receive feedback and a revision plan to continue working on their piece after the class ends.

Readings

Readings may include: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"; Han Kang, "The Fruit of my Woman"; Louise Erdrich, "Fleur"; Kim Fu, "Liddy, First to Fly"; iman adam, "The Purpose of Bone"; Phillip B. Williams, "Ours"; and others.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Fantasy Meets Reality: The Magical Realism Movement

Week 2: The Body Meets Nature

Week 3: Perspective Meets The Uncanny

Week 4: Time Meets History

Week 5: Student Workshops

Week 6: Student Workshops and Revision Discussion

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

  • Students will leave with a stronger understanding of the conventions, history, and diversity within the genre of magical realism.
  • Students will complete a draft of one 5,000-word max short story.
  • Students will receive feedback and a revision plan to continue working on their piece.
  • Students will produce the beginning pages of multiple new stories, and a deeper understanding of the craft of fiction.

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $445 USD. You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout.

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:

  • Instructor: P.C. Verrone
  • Begins Tuesday, May 4, 2027
  • Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Tuesdays, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
  • Tuition is $445 USD.