Are you afraid to write about characters whose racial heritage, sexual orientation, gender, physical ability, or religion differs from your own? Do you think you'll get it wrong — or cause offense? In this workshop, based in part on the classic text on the subject, Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, authors Nisi Shawl and Elizabeth Santiago teach you to write sensitively and convincingly about characters of diverse backgrounds. Appropriate for all fiction writers, Writing the Other: Bridging Differences for Successful Fiction combines lectures, discussions, and writing exercises in a safe, supportive atmosphere.

Facilitator Bios

Nisi Shawl (they/them) is the multiple award-winning author, co-author, and editor of more than a dozen books of speculative fiction and related nonfiction.  Their collaboration with Cynthia Ward, Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, has long been a standard text on inclusive representation, and will be updated in a second edition later this year.  Shawl’s…