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

Tropes are both the building blocks of our writing and the magical potion that can take “been there, read that” to “omgincomprehensablewordsofhappy.” How do we take something that’s been done before and make it our own?

First, we need to work out why certain tropes attract readers and what their expectations are. Then this workshop will discuss subverting tropes and reinventing approaches, without losing emotional buy-in from the reader.

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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