Editor Katherine Monasterio walks you through the narrative beats at the start of your novel, including key character moments, plot points, and more, all in the interest of keeping readers reading.
Medieval food historian Daniel 'Doc' Myers talks about the fictional foods in writing, television and film, highlighting both the good, the bad, and the truly weird.
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In Fantasy and Science Fiction, any food is usually in the background. Most often it's presented as setting or set decoration and ignored by the viewer. Sometimes though, it seems to take on a life of its own and can even become the center of the plot. Bring a napkin, this workshop gets into the feast of possibilities. Featuring: Daniel 'Doc' Myers #gcws #classroom #worldbuilding
Gamemastering for the Writer, Writing for the Gamemaster
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Learn techniques to merge your writing and game techniques into storytelling and narrative, from award-winning fantasy author and host of the Arvan Eleron channel, Gregory A. Wilson.
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Featuring: Gregory A. Wilson #gcws #classroom #tabletop #writerlife
Join our panel of writers as they discuss the need for every one of us to do what we can in the fight for equality - and what that could look like within the pages of your stories.
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Featuring: Cat Rambo, Bryan Young, Danian Darrell Jerry, Khaldoun Khelil, Victor Raymond PhD #gcws #multimedia #writerlife
Getting Beyond Movie Flats: Societies and Worldbuilding
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Victor Raymond Sociology PhD teaches a hands-on workshop about worldbuilding and societies, and why social forces are vital to consider when building a believable background for your novel or game.
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Victor Raymond PhD teaches a hands-on workshop about worldbuilding and societies in speculative fiction and gaming, and why social forces are vital to consider when building a background for your novel or game setting. Participants will have the chance to collectively develop a fantasy background, showing how social forces such as economics, history, language, culture, and politics all interact to provide depth, making that background come alive for readers and players. Drawing on concepts such as the unreliable narrator, the victorious perspective, queer readings, and subversive alternate narratives, participants will learn how to productively complicate things, building space for further development of any fantasy world. Some materials will be provided. Featuring: Victor Raymond PhD #gcws #classroom #worldbuilding
Join our panel of experts as they discuss the physical space you set up for yourself, and how it impacts your ability to produce creative work.
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These panelists will talk about how they manage their household, set up their workspaces, and navigate sharing spaces with others. Theyll also share any life hacks they stand by and recommendations for getting started with adjusting your surroundings to fit your creative needs. Featuring: Sandra Tayler, Erin M. Evans, Richard Dansky, Shauna Aura Knight #gcws #writerlife