Find out just what it is editors do, learn why they are so important to the writing process, and explore what you can do to ensure a great editor-author relationship.
Find out what the traditional publishing market looks like today, explore how it can benefit you as a writer, and understand what recent changes in the market means to your writing career.
Business of Writing: Understanding the Publishing Industry
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Join Eric Flint, NYT Bestseller & author of the 1632 series, as he explores the basic parameters of the publishing industry & the affect it has on authors.
Business of Writing: Writer Beware - "How Not to Get Published"
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Richard White, of SFWA's Writer Beware, will present how to identify what writing needs and identify desirable agents and publishers to avoid those who aren't going to help your career.
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There have never been so many ways to get published than today. Yet, for every success story, there are a dozen or so people who get completely discouraged because they have run into people who are out to separate the novice (and not-so-novice) author from their money or time. Richard White, a member of SFWA's Writer Beware committee, will discuss how to identify what your needs are so you can find those desirable agents and publishers and avoid those who aren't going to help your career. Also, he'll discuss the joys and pitfalls of self-publishing. So, come with questions prepared.
Master the under appreciated skill of writing a fantastic author bio. Learn what publishers, conventions organizers, and readers look for in a bio, and get tips for making yours great.
Mastering Fiction - Brainstorming Your Way to a Breakout Novel
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Novels begin with an idea. The bigger the idea, the more likely you are to attract the notice of agents, editors, and fans. In this seminar, learn techniques that can help you generate YOUR Big Idea.
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Novels begin with an idea, and the bigger the idea, the more likely you are to attract the notice of agents, editors, and readers. In this seminar, learn techniques that can help you generate your Big Idea from the start, which will help to guide you to writing a novel that will stand out from the crowd.
The ability to recognize patterns is a basic human trait. We use it over and over in our fiction. This seminar discusses how to use patterns to your benefit by both setting and breaking expectations.
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The ability to recognize patterns is a basic human trait. We use it over and over in our fiction. This seminar discusses how to use patterns to your benefit by both setting and breaking expectations. Various techniques such as character building, plot progression, plot twists and setbacks, and world building will be discussed.
Mastering Fiction - Plotting Techniques of the Professional Writer
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Plotting is one of the most difficult disciplines in writing to master. This seminar focuses on plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts, building plot, and how to avoid writer's block.
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Plotting is one of the more difficult disciplines to master in writing. Some writers have an innate sense of what makes a story work, but most writers, particularly those early in their apprenticeships, will benefit from plotting. This seminar focuses on various plotting techniques, from basic structural concepts, initial plotting and eventual refinement, how to break the dreaded writer's block and how to avoid it in the first place.
Tension is one of the basic building blocks of modern day fiction. In this seminar, the different types of tension are discussed as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
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Tension is one of the basic building blocks of modern day fiction. If you know how to lay the seeds of tension, and how to coax them, you can transform your fiction from merely noteworthy to exceptional. In this seminar, the different types of tension are discussed, as well as ways to maximize them to keep your reader glued to the page.
Well-structured scenes make for compelling storytelling. In this seminar, you’ll learn how to structure scenes that work whether you’re writing a short story or the next breakout novel.
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Well-structured scenes make for compelling storytelling. How can you construct powerful scenes? And how do you string scenes together to create a vivid and stirring piece of writing? In this seminar, you’ll learn how to structure scenes that work, whether you’re writing a short story or the next breakout novel.