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.
Bring a book! All books are good books whether they be text, audio, graphic, comic, etc! You can even bring books to share! Drag a friend along with you! Conventions are full of fun, noise, and friends, but sometimes it's nice to chill out with a book in relative quiet and meet some new bookish friends. The first portion of the panel will be a quiet reading session and then afterwards we'll mingle and talk about our books. (Notes: 1) You're welcome to listen to audiobooks/music, but please wear earbuds that are not audible to the person sitting next to you. 2) This panel is open to all ages, so please keep your book, especially ones with graphic elements PG-13)
A stumbling block for many writers with fantastic story ideas is how to bring the characters within them to life. Cardboard cutout characters can dull an otherwise interesting story. In this panel, learn techniques for coming up with interesting characters, and how to develop strong character arcs.
Tabletop and Live Action Roleplaying require as much writing as our favorite short stories and novels. But they also require a very different approach then other narrative works. Join our expert panelists for a discussion of writing for these unique formats.
Take some Time And Relative Discussions In Space to talk all things sci-fi furry. Whether it's how to write your epic space opera or your quick jaunt into the very possible future, this is the place to bring your cybernetics into our parallel world.
You’ve written your story, but now what? Critique is a critical skill for any writer and beta reading is an essential part of the process of making your story the best it can be. Come listen to our panelists share tips and tricks they’ve picked up and how beta reading has helped them.
Come join the creator of Chord Progressions VN for an informative presentation on what Furry Visual Novels are and how you can get started on sharing your story with the furry world.
Writing adult fiction is not always straightforward and vanilla. In our community, there are plenty of strange desires to color and enrich your fiction. Discovering the secrets of such kinks in writing can be rewarding and downright fun, but there are also inherent challenges. Join us for an open discussion of the odder side of adult writing.
So you’ve got your fox (or other characters), but now what? Why go on an adventure, of course! But what will that adventure entail, and will it keep your readers engaged throughout? This panel will help you plot out your story whether it’s a galaxy spanning romp or just a trip to the local Starbucks that leads to self-discovery.
Writing is challenging at the best of times, but throw in social life, a day job, and a family and it can be extremely difficult. How do you keep going with your attention being pulled in so many different directions? Our panelists offer up some perspective and ways to keep yourself going when the words aren't getting on the page like they should.
