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Writing Inclusive and Emotional Sex Scenes Webinar

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024WtO Admin

Writing emotionally charged, sexually explicit scenes in fiction can be challenging no matter what genre you write. This webinar will provide a deep dive into writing inclusive sex scenes that are true to your characters and are memorable for your readers. [...]

Non-Linear Story Structures from Non-Western Traditions | Webinar 2024

January 23, 2024WtO Admin

Western storytelling traditions decree that a linear structure (along with the three act structure, the hero’s journey, and a rising self-esteem arc) are mandatory features of any satisfying story. This is Western-centric silliness. In this webinar, author Henry Lien will explore non-linear structures, specifically cyclic and nested structures, using examples from non-Western stories and films. [...]

Writing Characters Who Practice Non-Standard Religions

September 18, 2023October 27, 2023WtO Admin

How can you create convincing characters who see the world in really different ways? Nisi Shawl’s talks and exercises explore the roots of religions and other models for understanding the universe, helping you to depict practitioners of non-dominant group faiths OR believers in your invented religions and cosmologies. [...]

NaNo Prep Daily 2023

September 1, 2023October 25, 2023Writing the Other

Get yourself ready to write a bunch of words in one month with writing exercises that will help you get to know your characters and world before you dive into them in earnest. Register for Writing the Other’s NaNo Prep Daily and get an exercise every day in October. [...]

NaNo Prep 2023: Character Workshop

August 31, 2023October 25, 2023WtO Admin

Gearing up for NaNoWriMo 2023? Before you put words to page, get to know your main character/s better in this Preptober workshop with authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford. [...]

NaNo Prep 2023: Worldbuilding Workshop

August 31, 2023October 25, 2023WtO Admin

In this workshop, authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford will guide you through short writing exercises that will help you dive into aspects of your world that writers often overlook, but that impact your story and characters in major ways. [...]

Research Skills for Fiction Writers | 2023 Webinar

August 23, 2023October 13, 2023Writing the Other

Writing great fiction often requires research. Whether you’re a writer who creates whole new worlds or futures, a writer who uses historical settings or events, or a writer crafting characters whose identities or cultures are very different from your own, you need to learn this skill. [...]

The Friend, The Lover, and The Enemy – Mastering Key Relationship Arcs

August 21, 2023September 24, 2023WtO Admin

Join bestselling and award-winning author Piper J. Drake for an exploration into the various relationships between principal characters and how the progression of those relationship arcs through the course of the story can drive plot forward. [...]

Using Neopronouns In Your Writing, a Two-Part Webinar with Bogi Takács

July 17, 2023September 7, 2023WtO Admin

Want to include neopronouns in your fiction and poetry but have questions about which to use, how to use them, or others? In this webinar Takács will examine how other writers have used neopronouns historically and in the present day, and consider distinctions between problematizing and normalizing neopronouns (and how to confidently use each approach in your own work). [...]

Writing Inclusive Historical Fiction Webinar

July 4, 2023August 26, 2023Writing the Other

In this webinar we’ll examine techniques for finding and accurately interpreting historical sources, go over ways to interrogate the dominant paradigm’s versions of the past, and learn how to focus our narratives on the lives of the formerly marginalized. Exercises, lectures, discussion, and examples work together to make this a powerful and energizing class for everyone ready to explore the exciting field of inclusive historical fiction. [...]