Join the creatives, editors, publishers, and agents of Gen Con's Writers Symposium for a night of socializing, networking, and merch signing.
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Attendees will have signing opportunities with Aaron Rosenberg, Brandon O'Brien, Bryan Young, Cadwell Turnbull, Christopher D. Schmitz, Danian Darrell Jerry, Daniel Kraus, Daniel Myers, Danni Williams, David A. Rodriguez, Erik Scott de Bie, Errick Nunnally, Gini Koch, J. B. Garner, James A. Hunter, Karen Menzel née Bovenmyer, Kelli Fitzpatrick, Khaldoun Khelil, Michael A. Stackpole, Monica Valentinelli, Richard Dansky, Rob Cameron, Sean CW Korsgaard, Sheree Renée Thomas, Shveta Thakrar, Stephen Kozeniewski, Tim Waggoner, and more!
Sometimes, it's the monster's turn to be the star of the show. How do you write for when your protagonist is a bloodsucking fiend, an evil genius, or a shambling corpse?
Panelists talk about determining if their concepts are short stories, novellas, standalone novels or a series and how to adjust their plot to fit the sizes of each format.
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Featuring: Aaron Rosenberg, Erin M. Evans, Gregory A. Wilson, Richard Lee Byers
In this introduction to outlining, we'll talk about all the pros and cons to the ones your know and love, why they're important to have and the myths about pantsers and plotters.
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Featuring: Erik Scott de Bie, James A. Hunter, Jeri Red Shepherd, Michael A. Stackpole, Monica Valentinelli
Join Bryan Young to learn how to pace and structure your stories from the word and sentence level all the way to the 30,000 foot view.
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The pace of a story is make-or-break for any writer. This class will teach you how to look at the structure of your story to make sure its paced properly for the intention you have for the audience. But it will also give you tips on how you can measure the pace of your stories at the sentence and word choice level.
You are a game designer who's working on a new game. We are a panel of gaming experts who are here to help shape your draft. Come pitch us your game and get ground floor feedback!
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You are a game designer who's working on a new game. You have either an outline or a rough draft, and you are wondering if your game is ready for playtesting, polishing, and crowdfunding.
We are a panel of gaming experts with a broad range of backgrounds. We're here to listen to you pitch your game. We'll give you pointed feedback to help you figure out your next steps. Panelists include gaming veteran Monica Valentinelli, Erin Roberts, Erik Scott de Bie and...more!
Due to the nature of this workshop, we have limited time available for each pitch. If you are not pitching a game, you are more than welcome to sit in and listen. If you are, please prepare a short pitch (no longer than three paragraphs) to read to the panelists. Preference is for games that are "in progress" and not currently being crowdfunded. This is for the raw stuff.
Pitch an Agent in the Round Coffee Klatch with Gabrielle Harbowy
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There's safety in numbers, right? Gain moral support and see how other people do it, by pitching your novel to agent Gabrielle Harbowy in a supportive and informal small group setting (byo coffee).
Writing the book is only half the battle - the other half is promoting it! Join author, editor and publicist Sean CW Korsgaard who will guide you through selling your books and yourself!
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You've written your book, found a publisher, and have a release date - now comes the hardest job yet, selling your book AND yourself to the public!
Luckily, your host and instructor Sean CW Korsgaard has been there before, first having spent a decade as a reporter, and then having spent three years building Baen Books' media and marketing department from the ground up. He will teach you how to build a promotion kit, how to punch up your bios and promos, handle reviewers and interviewers, and how to get the right kind of attention from both, and help you to put your very best foot forward as a writer in the public eye.
You've already got a story to tell - from this workshop, you'll come away with the tools, knowledge and confidence to share them with the world!