Instructor: Tere Michaels
Start Date: Monday, August 3, 2026
End Date: Friday, August 28, 2026
Type: Group.io
Duration: 4 Weeks
USD Fee: FF&P Member – $20; Non-Member – $25

Writing outside of the “regular world” can be daunting. How much does the reader need to know about this world? How much do your characters know (or think they know)? How do we build worlds without info dumping left and right?

In this workshop, we will examine the building blocks and framework of building worlds. Whether it’s Chicago with witches or a completely different planet with sentient plants, writers walk a fine line between smothering the action with “facts” and forgetting to mention important things the reader should know!

We will examine great world-building and decide how we can layer the world into our writing through action, emotional reactions, and plotting.

About the Instructor:

Author/Plot Whisperer/Developmental editor with fifteen books under her belt (and two more due out soon!). From the Metro NYC area. Let’s talk about craft! (Or Marvel superheroes…or both!)

Tere Michaels unofficially began her writing career at the age of four when she learned that people got paid to write stories. It seemed the most perfect and logical job in the world and after that, her path was never in question. (The romance writer part was written in the stars—she was born on Valentine’s Day.)

It took thirty-six years of “research” and “life experience” and well… life… before her first book was published, but there are no regrets—she doesn’t believe in them. Along the way, she worked in television, animation, arts education, PR and a national magazine—but she never stopped believing she would eventually live her life writing stories about love.

Her home base is a small NJ suburb outside of Manhattan—a city she dearly loves. Her spare time is spent watching way too much sports programming, going to the movies, doing yoga, gardening, reading from her endless TBR pile, and thinking about superheroes.

Nothing makes her happier than knowing she made a reader laugh or smile or cry. It’s the purpose of sharing her work with people. She loves hearing from them and fellow writers, and is always available for consulting, speaking engagements, visits and workshops. Send here a message through her contact page or connect with her on Instagram and Facebook.

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