Signal Boost: Writing Workshops at Context 26
If you're an aspiring writer and are looking for some workshops you can do that will help you improve your writing, consider these workshops at Context 26 this year:
Context 26 is a not-for-profit, book-oriented convention that will be the weekend of Sept. 27-29 in Worthington, OH (a Columbus suburb).
The Guests of Honor include Elizabeth Bear, Jack McDevitt, John Joseph Adams and Scott Lynch.
The writing workshops track: 18 workshops that offer good range and depth.
A Writer's Guide To Comics
(Friday, September 27th, 8pm-10pm)
So you want to make a comic! Comics present unique challenges for
writers, but you don't have to be a professional illustrator to make
one. Leslie Anderson will teach you how to script and storyboard for
collaboration, or how to make your own comics, even if you don't
consider yourself an artist. (If you don't specifically aspire to create
comics but always wanted to learn storyboarding techniques to help you
work out your plotting and scene flow, this workshop is also for
you!) $20, 2 hours.
Getting the Science Right
(Saturday, September 28th, 7pm-9pm)
Not sure if you're getting the science right in your science fiction,
fantasy or horror? Dr. Robichaud, a research biochemist and fiction
content editor, is here to help you out! She'll go over common science
errors in fiction, how to do informational research (how to evaluate
what's a good source and what isn't), and how writers can best approach
scientists to gain information and details that are not easily found on
the Web. $20, 2 hours.
Writing the Other
(Sunday, September 29th, 2pm-4pm)
Are you worried about reinforcing stereotypes or offending others with
your depictions of racial, gender and other minority characters? Do you
want to find that balance between exploring different places and people,
without exploiting them for cheap scares and entertainment? In this
intensive two hour workshop for beginning and advanced writers, you will
focus on creating characters who are different from your own perspective
in a comfortable, safe space so that you can learn to avoid common
pitfalls and mistakes. Chesya is currently getting her MA in African
American Studies at Georgia State University and her 2011 fiction
collection, /Let's Play White/, is being studied in several universities
around the country and received high praise from Samuel Delany and Nikki
Giovanni. She's also a juror for the upcoming 2013 Shirley Jackson
Awards. $20, 2 hours.
The link for all the workshops is:
http://www.contextsf.org/workshop.htm
Context 26 is a not-for-profit, book-oriented convention that will be the weekend of Sept. 27-29 in Worthington, OH (a Columbus suburb).
The Guests of Honor include Elizabeth Bear, Jack McDevitt, John Joseph Adams and Scott Lynch.
The writing workshops track: 18 workshops that offer good range and depth.
A Writer's Guide To Comics
(Friday, September 27th, 8pm-10pm)
So you want to make a comic! Comics present unique challenges for
writers, but you don't have to be a professional illustrator to make
one. Leslie Anderson will teach you how to script and storyboard for
collaboration, or how to make your own comics, even if you don't
consider yourself an artist. (If you don't specifically aspire to create
comics but always wanted to learn storyboarding techniques to help you
work out your plotting and scene flow, this workshop is also for
you!) $20, 2 hours.
Getting the Science Right
(Saturday, September 28th, 7pm-9pm)
Not sure if you're getting the science right in your science fiction,
fantasy or horror? Dr. Robichaud, a research biochemist and fiction
content editor, is here to help you out! She'll go over common science
errors in fiction, how to do informational research (how to evaluate
what's a good source and what isn't), and how writers can best approach
scientists to gain information and details that are not easily found on
the Web. $20, 2 hours.
Writing the Other
(Sunday, September 29th, 2pm-4pm)
Are you worried about reinforcing stereotypes or offending others with
your depictions of racial, gender and other minority characters? Do you
want to find that balance between exploring different places and people,
without exploiting them for cheap scares and entertainment? In this
intensive two hour workshop for beginning and advanced writers, you will
focus on creating characters who are different from your own perspective
in a comfortable, safe space so that you can learn to avoid common
pitfalls and mistakes. Chesya is currently getting her MA in African
American Studies at Georgia State University and her 2011 fiction
collection, /Let's Play White/, is being studied in several universities
around the country and received high praise from Samuel Delany and Nikki
Giovanni. She's also a juror for the upcoming 2013 Shirley Jackson
Awards. $20, 2 hours.
The link for all the workshops is:
http://www.contextsf.org/workshop.htm
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