Join some of the hobby?s best and brightest independent designers in this all-day workshop. Learn the theory behind roleplaying games, the basics of RPG design and setting creation and how to avoid the pitfalls of both print and electronic publication. Whether you?re an aspiring game designer or just a fan of the hobby eager to know more, this is the workshop for you. So bring your ideas, your notebooks, your enthusiasm and your brain! This event has four sessions and is an all day event with a break for lunch. For more information on each session please check out the Industry Insider section of your program book.
If you want to make the business of editing your business, join Sue Weinlein Cook for daily workshops covering various aspects of the best behind-the-scenes job in the industry. Each two-hour sesson includes editing "Rules of the Road" as well as Q&A, handouts, job leads, and in-class exercises. Proofreading can open doors for aspiring editors getting started in the field. And joining us to discuss job searching are several special guest editors.
If all the good stories have already been written, how do you come up with anything to write about? Fear not: Kij Johnson will talk about how to use source materials to develop something that's uniquely yours.
Creating good characters is the soul of great writing and a solid career. The seminar will cover methods of character creation and development, designed to produce memorable characters who will bring works alive.
This seminar will address the needs for plotting, methods of plotting a novel, as well as tips on suspense, pacing and building a story to a climax. Applicable to everything from short stories to epic novel series.
Have you been trying to sell and getting nowehre?Kij Johnson worked as managind editor at Tor Books, the country's #1 publisher of science fiction and fantasy. She'll pass on the hows and whys of what gets read and bought.