Straddling Genres: Succeed with Fiction | July 2027 Online

Straddling Genres Writing Workshop: Succeeding with Fiction after Nonfiction/Poetry with Lynne Golodner

Begins Thursday, July 29, 2027
Class will meet once via Zoom on Thursday, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

🌍 Class Times by Time Zone:

• Los Angeles (PDT): 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Chicago (CDT): 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
• New York (EDT): 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
• London (BST): 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Berlin (CEST): 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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Can't make it live? No problem! The session will be recorded and available to watch after the seminar concludes.

Instructor Lynne Golodner is the author of 13 books and thousands of articles, and a marketing entrepreneur, writing coach, and host of the Make Meaning Podcast. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., Lynne returned to Detroit. She helps authors create writing careers, book marketing strategies and finish book projects. In 2023, Lynne founded Scotia Road Books, an independent publishing imprint for women over 40. Lynne's writing has appeared in 45th Parallel, Moment Magazine, Great Lakes Review, Saveur, the Chicago Tribune, Better Homes and Gardens, Midwest Living, the Detroit Free Press, Porridge Magazine, the Jewish Literary Journal, The Good Life Review, Hadassah Magazine, The Forward, Valiant Scribe, Story Unlikely, The Dillydoun Review, QuibbleLit, bioStories and YourTango, among many more publications. Plus, one of her essays was a finalist in the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction contest at Bellingham Review.

Who is this class for?

This online writing class is for poets and essayists who want to pivot to fiction, or any writer who wants to leave one genre for another. Open to writers at all levels, it shows you what to take with you as you genre-bend and how one genre informs another toward building a truly original and compelling writing voice.

What to expect:

If you've written and published nonfiction or poetry, there's no reason you can't dive into fiction. Just go in with your eyes open. In this three-hour writing workshop, aspiring crossover authors and genre-straddlers will learn how to take tidbits from poetry and nonfiction to make their fiction come alive. Every genre has something to offer another genre, and you'll learn what to take from each to make your best work yet.

Participants will walk away with a strong sense of how to straddle genres, what to take from one genre into another, and how to make the crossover successful when it comes to getting published.

Lynne has made this crossover herself. She earned an MFA in poetry and has two poetry collections out, has written creative nonfiction essays for decades that regularly appear in literary journals, worked as a journalist for 15 years, and is now an award-winning novelist. In this live Zoom writing class, she shows how each of those forays informs the others, and how yours can too.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will gain a clear understanding of what each genre offers to another, learn how to weave specific approaches, details, and styles of one genre into another, and discover how to draw from every genre they write in to create a compelling, original writing voice all their own.

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• A clear understanding of what poetry, nonfiction, and fiction each offer one another.
• Techniques for weaving the approaches, details, and styles of one genre into another.
• Specific ways to bring the tools of poetry and nonfiction into your fiction to make it come alive.
• A strategy for making a genre crossover successful when it comes to getting published.
• A compelling, original writing voice drawn from every genre you write in.

TESTIMONIALS:

"Lynne holds the keys to the poetry queendom. She is clear, kind, and sparks ideas like crazy. I appreciate her best of all the poetry teachers I have had, including those at NYU where I majored in Poetry!"

— Laurie M.

"I really enjoyed my first Writing Workshop! I was surprised to find a class so perfectly geared toward what I needed and my skill and comfort level. I had no idea though of the inspiration, community, and support I would get from taking it. Lynne created an incredibly safe space for the class to come together, feel inspired, learn about ourselves and the craft of writing, and most importantly, to get us writing. I enjoyed the readings, and haven't felt this inspired to write in a long time. Well worth the cost and the risk of trying something new."

— Ali S.

"This class has become the best part of my week."

— Olivet J.

"I have loved being with you and the other students, and the assignments have been great. You are a fabulous teacher."

— R.C.

"This was the finest writing/self-care combo I've done so far and I am truly grateful. I felt freed up; there was a flow that truly excited me and inspired me to continue the writing. You are a terrific teacher."

— Beth L.

"If you ever wanted motivation and input on your writing, this is a great workshop! Has helped me tremendously! I never considered myself as a writer but maybe just maybe I am becoming one!"

— Beth M.

"Lynne's writing workshop develops a writers resilience and creativity. Lynne challenged me to go deeper in my writing - to think beyond the words to the roots of experience. My writing is becoming stronger and more purposeful, and I have a renewed sense of confidence as I write my first book."

— AB

"The writers workshop helped me explore a part of my personality and interests that I hadn't yet allowed myself to dig into. I feel more connected to who I am as a writer as well as all the other wonderful writers who participated. One of my favorite aspects of the workshop was being in a safe space, sharing a variety of pieces with people of different backgrounds and perspectives. Not only have I learned more about myself and others, but I have been exposed to so many new genres and writing topics. Thanks, Lynne!"

— JR

"This was my first experience with a writing workshop and writing all together. I had such a wonderful experience that I signed up for Lynne's next workshop. I did not expect to come away with so much confidence! Lynne and the group were nurturing and wonderful. This workshop is for all levels of writers"

— SA

"Lynne is changing my life. She keeps me accountable to my vision, and her confidence in me makes a huge difference."

— Noreen E.

"Thank you so much for the opportunity to be surrounded by such inspiring women with exquisite instruction."

— Emily P.

"Thank you for being so encouraging."

— Betsy C.

"Lynne's workshop has provided me with the opportunity to receive quality feedback and editorial expertise in response to the work that I have chosen to share with this great group of ladies"

— MN

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $99 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: Lynne Golodner
• Begins Thursday, July 29, 2027
• Class will meet once via Zoom on Thursday, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
• Tuition is $99 USD.