Urban Fantasy:

More vamp for your tramp & more bang for your fang

by Pat Hauldren

upcoming classes

4/16-5/06, 2012 — SavvyAuthors (postponed, tentative start date now 4/23/12)
10/5-10/28, 2012 — Low Country RWA 

11/05-12/02 — Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal RWA
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Fantasy, and especially Urban Fantasy, are hot genres on today’s market. In this class, we’ll define Urban Fantasy, explore the markets available and how each market expects different aspects of the same genre. We’ll also study the current publications in the genre, including adult, YA, and children’s subgenres, and compare our own manuscripts to these. At the end of this workshop, you will understand the Urban Fantasy genre and be on your way to writing an urban fantasy with flare. Throughout the class, we’ll work on improving our manuscripts to meet market needs. The audience for this workshop will be writers of Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc. The only pre-requisite for this class is an interest in Urban Fantasy as a genre.

class outline

(online & live, included but not limited to)

Introductions

What is Urban Fantasy?

Elements of Urban Fantasy

Urban Fantasy tropes

Setting & worldbuilding

Mythology & religion

Creature Creation

Magic, Might, & Mahem

Resources & publishing

Manuscript Review

Q&A