I’m going to be presenting a month-long workshop in August at Savvy Authors. The title is “Bringing New Worlds to Life in Science Fiction and Fantasy.” It began as an expansion of my World Building workshop, but it has morphed into quite a bit more than that. When I started brainstorming, it didn’t take long for me to realize that after planning your world, the things you need to know to bring it to life are exactly the same things you need to know in order to write a compelling story in general. The workshop focuses on issues inherent in writing science fiction and fantasy, but many of these concepts cross genre boundaries. We’ll go over beginning a story, choosing the right point of view character, showing vs telling, and many other topics. There will be writing assignments and personal feedback to try to personalize the course to each writer’s needs.
