So you want to be a writer...

[rolanni]

I bet you didn't know that there's going to be a writing workshop at Anticipation, aka The WorldCon, this year. Why am I willing to bet? Because there's a glitch at the WorldCon website and people -- worthy people, and brave new writers! -- have not been able to sign up for any of the sessions.

This is, you may say, too bad.

Since I'm one of the instructors/facilitators/evil-minded pros leading a section of this workshop, I agree. I mean, look -- I'm going to get up early in the morning, after no doubt having been up with friends into the small hours the night before. I am going to arrive, super-sized coffee in hand, at the Sooper Sekrit Location, ready to critique manuscripts and crush hopeful egos.

What do I not want to find, after making these various sacrifices in service of The Craft?

An empty room, that's what.

So!

If you're interested in attending the writing workshop, you need to act, act decisively, but most of all act now.

You have two options.

You may write to writers-workshop@anticipationsf.ca and ask for information about the writers workshop.

You may go here, read all about it, including a partial list of instructors, and write to Oz directly.

Or, yanno, you could do both.

You may also, please, pass this on to friends (or enemies) who might be interested.

Comments

[scaleslea.livejournal.com]

I'm going to get up early in the morning, after no doubt having been up with friends into the small hours the night before. I am going to arrive, super-sized coffee in hand, at the Sooper Sekrit Location, ready to critique manuscripts and crush hopeful egos.

That sounds more like the job of an Editor, not a Writer to me.

But what do I know, I'm a Reader.

Doc

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

Published writers who have ground or been ground through the process of getting published are better at telling you craft than most editors.

Editors tell you they won't buy something and in limited cases will tell you why and may expand on that if they think you'll be marketable in the future.

I recently listened to two published authors speak on this subject and came away with good information. I've previously listened to an editor and came away with good information. Listening to an agent is depressing.