A starting talk to attend if you’re just beginning to put some words to paper or maybe you’ve written a few stories and you want to expand your craft. We’ll discuss the basics of how to start improving, getting inspiration, and how to accept, deal with, and benefit from the hierarchy of talent and experience in writing or any other art form. Seasoned writers are also welcome for review or adding experienced opinions.
Surf’s up! Every story needs a place to happen, so how do we give a story a sense of place? How do we make places feel real, or at least relatable? In this panel we’ll take a look at setting your story in time and place and scenes of a story to keep things moving along.
The opportunities to share and profit from your work have exploded in the past few years. But have you ever wondered why publishers do the things they do? Join as experienced editors, slush pile readers, and writers spill advice on how to get your story published, point out pitfalls to avoid, and share their stories of the challenges of being on the other side of a submission.
Sometimes a story doesn’t require a princess to be saved, or an adventure to be taken. Occasionally, stories look at trying to show a bit of the drama, comedy, or tragedy in everyday life. Our panelists will help you make even this seemingly mundane genre interesting and exciting, and look at ways to keep your story from being just another Wednesday.
This panel will cover the basics and some of the intricacies of adult writing such as word choice, pacing, and where the adult material fits in your larger work. We'll also look at making your adult work enticing to the reader and just how enticing it should be based on the purpose of your story.
