Yesterday marked the final session of the Ultimate Science Fiction Writing Workshop. It was my first true workshop experience (outside of a couple college classes). Across the board, it was a positive one.
The Format
The format was simple. Each week, the instructors (Jeff Carver and Craig Shaw Gardner) covered a topic, such as plot, character, worldbuilding, [...]
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December 31, 2009
Progress Report: On Not Writing
On Friday, December 18th, I wrote 1000 words. It was the first writing-related thing (aside from attending the workshop) that I did in December, and it may well be all I do. Which made me think that I should write a bit about not writing.
Every published author will tell you that the secret is to [...]
December 19, 2009
NaNoWriMo: The Experience
I’d been thinking of writing on my planning for 2010 and beyond, but a reader asked that I post something on “the process” of writing during NaNoWriMo, and I agreed that might be of interest to a few folks.
One of my workshop mates recently spoke about how there are two kinds of writers
plotters — those [...]
