Join hosts Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler as they talk to authors and editors for a special live recording of their fast-paced, educational podcast for writers!
Join hosts Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler as they talk to authors and editors for a special live recording of their fast-paced, educational podcast for writers!
This panel discusses how to populate your created world with people, animals, plants, and whatever else you can think of.
Description:
This panel discusses how to populate your created world with people, animals, plants, and whatever else you can think of. With Steve’s guidance the audience will define the sentient species (”player character races”) that live in the Workshop world and establish the world’s broad ecological and cultural parameters.
Writer's Workshop: Worldbuilding - Nations & History
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We'll focus on defining the history and current geopolitical situation of a created world.
Description:
This part of the Workshop focuses on defining the history and current geopolitical situation of a created world. With Steve’s guidance the audience will decide on the broad sweep of history for the Workshop world, its current nations and realms, and the general nature of trade and specific civilizations.
This panel discusses the creation and use of religions, gods, and mythic events in created worlds.
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This panel discusses the creation and use of religions, gods, and mythic events in created worlds. With Steve’s guidance the audience will define the major religions of the Workshop world, their gods and goddesses, and how all those elements affect the world.
This panel discusses the newly-created world as a whole, and contemplates what sort of stories can be told there.
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This panel discusses the Workshop’s newly-created world as a whole, and contemplates what sort of stories can be told there. And if there’s something from an earlier panel that the audience wants to revisit, we can do that too.
Join NYT Bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss as he tells stories, reads from his work, & takes questions from the audience. Be prepared for tangents, inappropriate humor, and impromptu singing.
A discussion of the history, technologies, tactics, and key elements of siege warfare over the centuries.
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A discussion of the history of siege warfare focusing upon its common elements across history as well aspects specific to different ;periods, tactics, and technologies.
Author Education: Knight Life - A Day In The Life Of A Modern Knight
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How heavy is armor? Can you climb into a saddle wearing full plate? Take part in a discussion with a knight to learn a little about what it’s really like and dispel some commonly believed myths.
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How heavy is a full suit of armor? Can you climb into a saddle wearing full plate? Is it possible to get into a suit of armor by yourself? What about wearing it all day, or sleeping in a suit of armor? Take part in a discussion with a modern knight who regularly jousts and fights with a variety of weapons and armor. You’ll have the opportunity to learn a little about what it’s really like and dispel some commonly believed myths.
See and feel how books and manuscripts were produced before the modern era. Book historian Ada Palmer presents real books and manuscripts from the 15th-18th centuries.
Description:
See and feel how books and manuscripts were produced before the modern era. Ada Palmer is a specialist in Renaissance history and the history of books and writing. She will present real books and manuscripts from the 15th through 18th centuries, and discuss their materials, production and history. This is your chance to touch parchment, vellum, papyrus and early paper, to examine Renaissance handwriting and marginalia, and to learn about how the evolving media in which information has moved throughout history have affected and accelerated historical change.