Fantasy and science fiction writer, writing, outlining, editing. She/her. Science @morgantaschuk
Sep 28, 2018 • 21 tweets • 12 min read
Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus Characterization Through Dialogue #WXR18
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What is key to dialogue? 1. Pay attention to how people speak.
Exercise: record a family conversation and transcribe what people say. Different generations, ages, backgrounds. Start to see how people talk. eg Gilmore Girls, Joss Whedon, Quentin Tarantino
Sep 27, 2018 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
And we're back #WXR18! DongWon Song @dongwon The Pitch
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Authors vs Writers. Anyone can be a writer. Big achievement! craft skills. MFA, writer’s groups. A professional author is a different job: career management, workflow, deadline/time management, networking, marketing and promotion, PITCHING.
Sep 25, 2018 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
K Tempest Bradford .@tinytempest Description, Language, and Writing Inclusive Fiction #WXR18
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These are things she’s learned, not things she knew. Ask, learn.
Sep 24, 2018 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Amal Al-Mohtar @tithenai Using Poetry to Write Prose #wxr18
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Audience questions: Why people don’t like poetry? High school English, rigidity of form, why is ambiguity a feature and not a bug, extraneous to story (e.g. LotR: @tithenai disagrees), make you work
Sep 24, 2018 • 23 tweets • 13 min read
Up next! @PiperJDrake Piper J. Drake - Incorporating Romantic Elements in Any Story #WXR18 (there are handouts and one is labelled explicit! :O)
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What are romantic elements? Any moment that creates intimacy between characters. Sex =/= intimacy. Need intimacy to create a believable romance. Your reader will start to ‘ship that couple and that is gold.
Sep 24, 2018 • 37 tweets • 20 min read
Next up: .@MaryRobinette Mary Robinette Kowal - Diagnosing Story Problems #WXR18
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Writer’s block can be a way of diagnosing that something’s gone wrong with a story. Four reactions: 1) drowsy: suddenly sleepy; 2) staring: how long can I look at the blank screen without putting words down; 3) restless: why am I suddenly in the kitchen?
Sep 23, 2018 • 22 tweets • 12 min read
.@TheDanWells Dan Wells “First Chapters, First lines”. He's talking SUPER FAST so this is going to be a slightly delayed livetweet stream as I frantically take notes. #wxr18@TheDanWells .@TheDanWells#WXR18 Early writers freak out over first chapters. Chillax. Just write whatever and come back and fix it later. or keep going til it gets good and cut the bad parts later. or Pantser: write chapter 1 last. however it works
Sep 23, 2018 • 23 tweets • 15 min read
.@BrandSanderson giving the first #WXR18 talk! "Developing Characters with Brandon Sanderson". Talking about difficulty in finding ways to present the material to people who've mostly seen his recorded lectures before.
@BrandSanderson .@BrandSanderson views his writing and writing instruction: Cook vs chef. Goal is to help people become metaphorical chefs. He can be a cook: he can follow instructions but doesn't understand WHY and can't fix if wrong. #WXR18
