People have been really into the supplementary info on my workshopping article. Here's a thread with a bit more of U.S. creative writing history (it is so twisty and wild)

This is just some extras -- may be confusing if you haven't read the article: tor.com/2022/08/17/the… This is going to be less on the communism/colonialism aspects & more just interesting trivia that was cut for space...

So a bit less heavy than some of the other history.

By popular request -- thread 1 of 3 of some of the more intense history I had to leave out of my article on workshopping

This one will be on the international angle. Article here: tor.com/2022/08/17/the… The *biggest* thing I was sad to cut was the international colonialism aspect--initially "colonialism" was in the title as well

We cut bc my editor (rightly) pointed out I hadn't developed it fully -- was another thing I couldn't do justice & that really needed its own article☹️

By popular request, first thread of a few quick hits I had to leave out of my @tordotcom article on the history of workshopping

(I suggest reading the article first, as some of this might not make sense otherwise)

tor.com/2022/08/17/the… First thread: I SUPER wish I'd had room to include more things people brought up in their responses.

As mentioned, I talked to over 80 ppl... Here are a few recurring themes that I didn't have space to include

(all qualitative, but things I heard freq enough to be striking)

At long last, my article on workshopping in SFF and the Milford method.... plus communism, BIPOC experiences, and the future of the field.

I talked to a LOT of you for this & I'm very indebted!!

https://twitter.com/cxorlando/status/1559936919064440833

This whole journey has been a rabbit hole that ate my brain. My project folder for this contains 87,351 words 😱

Some of that is overlapping drafts, but it's probably 40-60k in unique writing & research notes

I am vaccinated & am much less worried about dying now.

But long covid really, really scares me. Am I the only one? :(

(This isn't me thinking disability < death -- I have medical PTSD & similar health problems for many years of my life already. I can't do more. I can't.) I don't understand why we aren't talking more about this. More talk about it would also drive research which would help people who have it (I have I think five friends with it so far and counting...? So many people are getting it!)

I have to step offline again but before I do I want to voice support for Mari.

In my exp, even the best-intentioned able-bodied people can completely glaze past good wheelchair access. It's a constant, and BAD problem

I am (mostly) able-bodied so let me share how I know this

https://twitter.com/mari_ness/status/1473310545185067018

When I was young, one of my best friends was a wheelchair user. When we were seniors she got a power chair but before that manual

Bc of the nature of her disability she could not push herself. I was one of the people given hall passes/etc to help her out between classes

A lot of people are messaging me about yesterday's tragedy that was an on-set firearms death (because I am a film armorer, for those who don't know).

As both a human and a professional, it is extremely upsetting. My thoughts are with Halyna Hutchins' loved ones I am not going to share backchannel rumors or speculation I'm hearing but I will answer a few things about movies and guns that people are asking (thread)

One is: "how are there not safety measures to prevent this?" The answer is: There are. There are very, very many