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Fantasy And Science Fiction: Creating And Populating A World Apart
Fantasy And Science Fiction: Creating And Populating A World Apart All writers seek to create a world and invite the reader in—but what about writers who choose to make that world markedly different from the one we inhabit? In this workshop, we’ll examine the particular challenges that writers of science fiction and fantasy face, with an emphasis on creating worlds and characters. How can we weave a version of reality that is both novel and convincing? How do we help readers care for characters who are superhuman, or not human at all? Through discussion of published fiction and participants’ work, as well as short on-the-spot writing experiments, we’ll explore techniques and strategies to answer these questions. For the purposes of this workshop we’ll define fantasy and sci-fi loosely: surrealism, magic realism, altered/modernized mythology, allegory, and so on will be included. However, as the focus of the workshop is on creating your own new worlds and characters, please do not submit or plan to learn about fan fiction. Participants should bring the first 5-6 pages (double-spaced) of their own piece of fantasy or sci-fi writing. Biography
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