In addition to the Context 20 Writing Workshops, many panels of interest to writers and readers were offered in 2007:
"Writing for Interactive Media"
Shawn Sines, Erin Hoffman, James Daniel Ross
Are there really differences between writing a story and writing a video game? What about role playing vs. interactive? Come join our panelists as they discuss and compare game writing processes.
"A Day in the Life of an Editor"
Mike Resnick, Rae Carson, Jackie Gamber, Sandy Lender, Steve Nagy
Just what is it an editor does all day? Read manuscripts? Take Stephen King out to lunch? Plot nefarious plots?
"The Academics of Popular Fiction"
Michael Arnzen, D. Harlan Wilson, Joseph Martino, Karen Nagel, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Miller
With more university writing programs taking an interest in the popular side of fiction, what does it means to be a genre or literary writer in today's publishing market, and can you be both?
"Electronic Publishing, Print-On-Demand, and the Death of the Book"
Doug Johnson, Lucy Snyder, Ferrett Steinmetz, James Daniel Ross, Kevin Eaches, Sandy Lender
Will there be any readers to attend a convention ten years from now? Right now, SF is a profession for many of its practitioners; it's what they do for a living. But if e-books end up being priced very cheaply, and if readership doesn't expand as we switch from print to digital, SF may end up being solely a hobbyist activity. Will the genre survive the transition to new forms of publishing? How will readers be able to distinguish quality work from the mountain of crap that will flood the net in the post-publisher economy?
"Humor in Science Fiction and Fantasy"
Mike Resnick, Jim C. Hines, Rae Carson, Matt Cook, Anne Harris
What happens when you cross a kzin with Roadrunner? It screams and it beeps. Aside from a richer, stranger trove of reference, are our yuks different from anybody else's? Can our humorous writers get any respect? What are some SF/F high points of hilarity?
"Writing an ADR Script"
Matt Greenfield, Tiffany Grant
What's really involved in changing an anime from Japanese to English language? Shouldn't all of the characters in translated shows talk like an old Godzilla movie? Our panelists will explain the process of taking a translated script and reworking the dialog to properly fit the finished video.
"Writing Characters You Didn't Create"
Tim Waggoner, Juanita Coulson, John Dalmas
It's one thing to create characters, come up with who they are, what they're like, and how they talk. It's quite another to come into someone else's world and have to tell stories with and about those characters. How do you keep them the same and still put some of yourself into them? Or should you even try?
"Author's Fears"
Michael Arnzen, Gary Braunbeck, Matt Cook, Steve Nagy, Tim Waggoner
How do an author's own fears inspire his or her stories and books?
"Different Types of Writing"
Timons Esaias, Fran Friel, Anne Harris, Diana Botsford,
The novel, novella, short story, etc. Is one just longer than the other or are they really different? And what about screenplays?
Poetry Readings
Michael Arnzen, Lucy Snyder, Timons Esaias, John Dalmas, James Daniel Ross
Poetry readings by some of our panelists, followed by open reading. Poetry people, bring your poems from the poetry workshop or any of your original work.
"I Really Did It, But How?"
Matt Cook, James Daniel Ross, Fran Friel, Daniel O'Riordan, Paul Melko, Raven Bower
These panelists have all accomplished a remarkable feat. They've gotten their first novel published. Was it discipline and scheduling that got them through, or workshops and other writer's resources? Come hear them discuss how they reached this goal.
"How Traveling and Travel Writing Affects Our Writing"
Mike Resnick, Timons Esaias, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Miller
Traveling is meant to take you some place different, as is reading a good book, so it's no surprise that the writers on this panel are also travelers whose experiences on the road and abroad not only have led to travel writing stints, but also enhanced their fiction.
"How to Kill Off a Character"
Geoffrey Girard, Jim C. Hines, Diana Botsford, Matt Cook, Steve Nagy, Chun Lee
You spend your time crafting characters, thinking about who they are, what they want what they care about. You tell stories about them, lovingly crafted. Now it's time for them to die. How do you do it? And what can happen if you do?
"How Do You Research Things That Don't Exist?"
Walter Hunt, Geoffrey Girard, Anne Harris, Sandy Lender, Heidi Ruby Miller
A look at how authors research things like elves, fairies, demons, wizards and gods to name a few.
"Fan Fiction"
Kevin Eaches, Chandra Morgan-Henley, Chris Stephenson
Is fan fiction real literature, or just a time killing hobby? Come voice your opinion at this panel with our fan fiction writers and fans.
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