Writer's Life: Writers and Mental Health—You're Not Alone
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Struggling with mental health issues? You're not alone! Hear stories and advice from authors dealing with their own demons. Maurice Broaddus, Linda Robertson, Christopher Morgan, Mary Robinette Kowal
Join us as we say goodbye to the 2017 Gen Con Writer's Symposium! We'll talk about what's next for the program, share our favorite stories, and give away some fantastic prizes!
Join us as we kick off the 2017 Gen Con Writer's Symposium! Meet some of our guests, get the inside scoop on what's in store, and win some great prizes!
Writer's Workshop: Essential Social Media for Writers and Creators
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Social media expert and bestselling author Gail Z. Martin shares the essential secrets to successful social media marketing to boost your visibility and connect with the people you want to reach.
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Social media expert and bestselling author Gail Z. Martin shares the strategies you need to know in this session tailored to what you in the audience want to know. Gail is the author of The Essential Social Media Marketing Handbook: A New Roadmap for Maximizing Your Brand, Influence and Credibility, and of 30 Days to Social Media Success (both from Career Press). LifeHack named 30 Days to Social Media Success one of the Top 20 Business Books to read in 2016. Gail is also the bestselling author of epic fantasy, urban fantasy and steampunk novels for Solaris Books and Orbit Books, including the Chronicles of the Necromancer series, the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, the Deadly Curiosities Urban Fantasy series, and the brand new Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst. She holds an MBA in marketing and has over 30 years of marketing experience.
Step-by-step instructions on how to finally tackle—or get started on—the process of getting published. Learn proven techniques via hands-on exercises with author and educator Geoffrey Girard.
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Step-by-step ideas and devices to finally tackle -- or get started on -- all phases of the publication process. In one hour, explore/learn proven advice and techniques via hands-on exercises to (1) actually finish your latest project and (2) submit to agents and/or publishers. From cover letters and novel pitches to time-management tips, networking, and the various options of self-pub.
Learn how to create internal (and external) character conflicts using the scientific research into levels and types of motivation, from motivational psychologist and writer Steve Kelner.
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Well-written characters often struggle with internal conflicts that can drive the story as much as — or more than — external ones. But there's a great deal of research into the different levels (e.g., conscious and non conscious) and types (e.g., Achievement, Affiliation, Influence) of motivation, which you can use thoughtfully to create powerful conflicts and drives within a character. Motivational psychologist and writer Steve Kelner will help you understand the real-life conflicts you can build into your character.
Learn what motives drive writers, get insight into your own motive pattern, and how to use it to write using principles of motivational psychology, goal-setting, and self-management
Author and educator Geoffrey Girard offers discussion and exercises on tense, control of pace, the functions of fictional time, and how to mine our own memories for more honest stories.
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The strategies and rewards of tense, pace, time, and memory in fiction. This writers’ workshop includes specific discussion and exercises on tense (the many variations even of "present"), control of pace (including full-throttle tips), the various functions of fictional time, and the chance/means to mine our own memories for more honest stories. For writers of all genres and levels.
Writing 101: Careers—What a Writing Career Looks Like
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When someone tells you, "I'm a writer," what does that mean? And what does a professional writing career actually look like? Featuring Cat Rambo, James Lowder, James Minz, Linda Robertson