Ah! It's Gen Con! Join Featured Speakers of the Gen Con Writers' Symposium for an evening session of just seriously *geeking* about books, games, manga, and whatever else is on their minds!
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It's super chill - join us? Featuring: Jessica Walsh, Briana Lawrence, James Farner, Mary Fan, Monica Valentinelli #gcws #genre #writerlife #interaction
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
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
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
The Herbivore in the Room: No Vegans in the Future
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Join our panel of writers and editors - and yes they're all vegans - as they discuss worlds of science fiction without veganism, as well as the discomfort of - and the beauty of - veganism in writing.
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Don't fear the vegans. (We're really nice.) Featuring: E.D.E. Bell, Jason Ray Carney, Sarah Sharp #gcws #worldbuilding
Join our panel of writers as they don't hold back in discussing the intentional difficulties being pushed onto indie writers (fiction and otherwise) in these new days.
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The power and potential of indie writing and publishing was made clear to the world through the technology-fueled indie boom of the early 21st century. How are corporations making it harder? From gatekeeping to franchise culture to wealth consolidation, join our experts as they discuss. Fair warning: they are ready to get spicy. Featuring: E.D.E. Bell, Anthony W. Eichenlaub, Jason Sanford, Sarah Hans #gcws #publishing
The System As Villain: Explore Goodness Through Media
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Join our panel of experts as they discuss and explore different forms of media depicting the system as a villain, such as police brutality, military force, and political oppression.
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Our panelists discuss which stories, shows, and games do this well, and what the *heroes* then look like in such contexts. Featuring: Brandon O'Brien, Khaldoun Khelil, Michael R. Underwood, Sarah Hans, Will Sobel #gcws #worldbuilding