Tuesdays, November 4, 11, 18, (skipping November 25), and December 2, 2025
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
OSU-Tulsa

This workshop will cover what popular fiction is and why readers want it.

Attendees will learn the history of storytelling and how when written affectively it will engage readers page after page and result in work that sells.

• They will learn how to write like a reader and read like a writer.

• They will study the art of creating good characters, plot and pacing.

• And they will learn about the different popular genres and why they are popular.

By the end of the workshop they will submit a 10-15 page first chapter and a summary book description for peer-critique and instructor critique.

Featuring Instructor:  Lauren Smith

USA Today Bestselling Author Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney who writes romances, historical fiction and cozy mysteries under three pennames.

She has published traditionally and independently over 85 books and has her books translated in six languages aside from English. Connecting with readers by writing emotionally moving, and realistic stories no matter what time period is her passion.

She’s won multiple awards in several romance subgenres including: Publisher Weekly’s Booklife Prize Romance Category Winner, a Semi-Finalist award for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award and a 2018 RITA ® Finalist in the Romance Writers of America Contest. To connect with Lauren, visit her at www.laurensmithbooks.com.

This 4-week workshop will be held on Tuesdays, November 4, 11, 18, (skipping November 25/Thanksgiving week), and December 2, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at OSU-Tulsa, in person. 

Registration for this workshop will close at 5:00 pm on Friday, October 31, 2025.