Mini Workshop #1

Here is a small sample of the sort of thing we will be discussing during the Writing on the Waves workshop.

Character and Plot

Which comes first: character or story?

The short answer is: it depends on the writer, it doesn't really matter, and yes.

Say you're standing there in the shower one morning and suddenly have a vision of a planet under attack by crab-shaped robots, with all kinds of nifty, well researched hard science that drives the plot. To tell that story, you need a character or char...