CANCELED: True Crime Fiction Writing
Zoom – Thursday 10:30 am – Noon
Sept. 19, 26, Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31 – No Class on Oct. 3
Imagination meets investigation as participants are inspired to write fiction stories based on actual cases each week. Have fun doing some armchair sleuthing and writing stories from any point of view: a neighbor, co-worker, reporter, victim or the accused. After the first class, members will write a short story each week, to be read aloud in class.
- Week 1: The popularity of “True Crime” books, movies, podcasts; in-class writing assignment inspired by one recent incident
- Week 2: True Crime case from Oregon 2018
- Week 3: True Crime case from Long Island 1961
- Week 4: True Crime case from 1927 NYC
- Week 5: True Crime case from South Carolina 2022
- Week 6: True Crime case from Chicago 2012
Kim Kovach graduated from Queens College with a BA Degree in Creative Writing and worked in education and public relations. She teaches writing classes, including fiction, creative writing and personal stories. Kim writes a newspaper column and has authored six books of fiction. Her short story, Gretel’s Regret, was published in the 2023 anthology, Whatever Happened to Hansel and Gretel?