Instructor: Eilis Flynn
Start Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
End Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
Type: Group.io
Duration: 4 Weeks
USD Fee: FF&P Member – $20; Non-Member – $25

Say you’re starting work on your latest story. You’ve just done a ton of research to get all the details right, down to the outer ridge of your heroine’s left boot. Inspired, you want to bring the reader into the story and you want him or her to be as fascinated and intrigued by it as you are. But you make a small tactical error. You dump all this stuff into the beginning of your story so your readers can get started on the wonderfulness that is your story… And you are left scratching your head when the readers read the first couple of pages…and wander away. What happened? Why weren’t they fascinated? Here are some tricks and tips to keep in mind when it comes to making the best use of your research, along with some examples of what to do and what not to do.

About the Instructor:

Elizabeth MS Flynn, who writes as Eilis Flynn, is a professional editor and has been for more than forty-eight years, editing topics as diverse as academia, technology, finance, genre fiction, and comic books. She has also written fiction in the form of comic book stories, fantasies, and short stories. She has presented numerous writing workshops on topics ranging from building a superheroine to creating your story world to folktales around the world (and more!) for thirty years.

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