Story Arcs and Character Development with your Sweet Murderhobos
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Will Sobel teaches tips and tricks for keeping your players engaged and interactive while guiding their characters into growth and change, even in a world of murderhobos and treasure goblins.
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Character development sounds hard. It's much harder when multiple people are involved with guiding and planning character change. With a little guidance you can write interesting hooks and communicate to players what they want and where they see the future of their character going. What does change look like? And how long does it take to get there? Join Will through the journey of meaningful decisions in your writing or TTRPG. Featuring: Will Sobel #gcws #classroom #writing
In this workshop, award-winning author and teacher Cat Rambo will cover story structure, character-building, worldbuilding, plotting, and submitting the stories youve written.
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A compressed version of the six-week workshop, this single-session class gives you all the tools you need to start writing and sending out your own stories. You will do some writing exercises in class, but most of the time will be spent on lecture and discussion. You should emerge from the class with a greater command of storywriting as well as a hearty store of encouragement and motivation for creating new stories. Featuring: Cat Rambo #gcws #classroom #writing
Join E.D.E. Bell for a fun group story game. No pressure, join us to participate or listen - and Emily will publish our story online after the event, and (only if you'd like) with your name credited.
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Featuring: E.D.E. Bell #gcws #classroom #writing #experience
Surviving Crowdfunding with Yourself and Your Creativity Intact
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Sandra Tayler teaches you how to manage your project successfully while protecting the most valuable resource you have: your own mental health and creativity.
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Crowdfunding is an amazing way to provide the funds to make cool projects happen, however it extracts a large toll in stress and anxiety. In this class well discuss best practices at every stage from planning to funding to fulfillment, how to build relationships with your collaborators and backers in ways that are healthy for everyone, and how to protect yourself if things go a little bit sideways. Lots of crowdfunding resources teach you how to build the project, this class helps you enjoy the project and survive it. Featuring: Sandra Tayler #gcws #classroom #publishing
Join our panel of writers as they discuss Sword & Sorcery for a modern world: what does it look like, what could it look like, and what's out there to devour.
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Featuring: S.E. Lindberg, Dedren Snead, Howard Andrew Jones, Jason Ray Carney, Sarah Sharp #gcws #genre
Systems of Magic; How to Use Your Magic to Enrich Your Worldbuilding
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In this workshop, award-winning author and teacher Cat Rambo will provide tips, techniques, and writing exercises will enable you to create or flesh out a worlds intrinsic magic.
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How magic works in your world affects its inhabitants, its economy, and so much more, down to the smallest details. We'll cover how to use a magic system to create a world that can cast a spell over its readers. Featuring: Cat Rambo #gcws #classroom #worldbuilding
Talk and Poetry Reading with Special Guest Linda D. Addison
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Join Special Guest Linda D. Addison for a talk and reading of her award-winning poetry.
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Linda D. Addison is the author of five award-winning collections, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend, recipient of the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award and SFPA Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry. Featuring: Linda D. Addison #gcws #events #poetry
Join Special Guest Mikki Kendall for a cozy meet and greet over a touch of tea or coffee.
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Seats are limited to ten: Each person will be able to speak directly to Mikki for around three minutes. Featuring: Mikki Kendall #gcws #events #interaction
Join Jennifer Brozek in this hands-on workshop where you will learn how to pitch a story in four different styles (2 verbal, 2 written).
Description:
The Art of the Pitch... What makes an agent/editor/publisher interested in a pitch and how do you prepare to give one? What are the things a pitch should cover and how can you avoid basic mistakes in the process? This workshop is all about the pitches (two verbal, two written) you will need as a writer and the different times when you will use them. This workshop will include hands-on verbal and written pitching of stories with immediate feedback in a safe environment. Featuring: Jennifer Brozek #gcws #classroom #publishing