Year: 2024 / Group: Gen Con Writers Symposium / Event Type: SEM - Seminar

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262394
Year:: 2024
Title:: Adventure Branching: Writing Choices for Tabletop Games
Summary:: Join our panel of experts as they discuss adventure design and the writing of stories that players interact with beyond turning pages.
Description:: Featuring: Alexander Bevier, Carlos Hernandez, Gregory A. Wilson, James Ryan, Elisa Teague #gcws #writing #tabletop

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262377
Year:: 2024
Title:: AfroFuturism in Game Design
Summary:: Join our panel of experts as they discuss AfroFuturism in the context of game writing and design.
Description:: Featuring: Kwame Mbalia, Dedren Snead, Khaldoun Khelil, Maurice Broaddus, Sheree Renée Thomas #gcws #worldbuilding #tabletop #videogames

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262378
Year:: 2024
Title:: Ageism in SFF: Broadening the Ages of Protagonists
Summary:: Join our panel of writers as they discuss ageism in genre fiction, and the need for and techniques of writing diverse protagonists of a certain age.
Description:: Featuring: Ava Kelly, Cat Rambo, Chris A. Jackson, Danian Darrell Jerry, Jeri "Red" Shepherd #gcws #worldbuilding

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262387
Year:: 2024
Title:: Are We Going to Be Okay? Marginalized Writers in Today's World
Summary:: Join our panel of experts as they discuss how to promote when it feels like social media is failing - how to be encouraged, find community - and writing when it feels like no one is paying attention.
Description:: Featuring: Jesse J. Holland, LaShawn M. Wanak, Linda D. Addison, Mikki Kendall, Mostafa Haque #gcws #writerlife #marketing

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262374
Year:: 2024
Title:: Ask an AI Scientist
Summary:: Join our panel of writers who, oh, are also AI scientists as they take questions from the audience.
Description:: Featuring: Ava Kelly, Akis Linardos, Anthony W. Eichenlaub #gcws #tech

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262360
Year:: 2024
Title:: Ask the Agents
Summary:: Take good notes or sit back and absorb as our panel of professional agents answers questions from the audience.
Description:: Featuring: James Farner, Brady McReynolds, Gabrielle Harbowy, Morgan Wilson #gcws #publishing #qna

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND259941
Year:: 2024
Title:: Ask the Editors
Summary:: Take good notes or sit back and absorb as our panel of globally-renowned professional editors answers editing questions from the audience.
Description:: Featuring: Diana M. Pho, Gabrielle Harbowy, Linda D. Addison, Sheree Renée Thomas #gcws #editing #qna

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262379
Year:: 2024
Title:: Beyond the Hero's Journey: Story Structure in Writing
Summary:: Join our panel of experts as they discuss methods for story structure, and breaking away from industry expectations.
Description:: Featuring: Ava Kelly, Jeremy Bernstein, Jerry Gordon, Jordan Kurella, Katherine Monasterio #gcws #worldbuilding

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262409
Year:: 2024
Title:: Breaking the Rules! Breaking the Rules!
Summary:: Join our panel of experts as they discuss breaking the rules built around cishet, neurotypical audiences, and the trips, tricks, and benefits of doing so in a constrictive industry.
Description:: Featuring: Jordan Kurella, Brian Duckwitz, Gregory A. Wilson, Linda D. Addison, Jennifer Allaway #gcws #writing #writerlife

ID:: 2024-SEM24ND262549
Year:: 2024
Title:: Creating Better Fictional Languages
Summary:: Daniel 'Doc' Myers goes beyond the basics of simple word generation to talk about the traps to avoid and the strange things that real-world languages sometimes do.
Description:: Ever have a story or game ruined simply by the choice of a name? Fictional worlds often include their own languages, but creating one that's believable can be a daunting task. In this workshop we'll get into the words behind the words - and how to make them. Featuring: Daniel 'Doc' Myers #gcws #classroom #worldbuilding

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