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Research Skills for Fiction Writers

February 12, 2021May 2, 2021Writing the Other

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 effective research skills. [...]

Writing Fat Characters Master Class with Marianne Kirby and Meg Elison

September 27, 2020October 20, 2020Writing the Other

When fat characters are included in narratives they’re often either negative portrayals (villains or others with moral failings) or faux “positive” portrayals that still center the Thin Gaze. In this Master Class authors Marianne Kirby and Meg Elison will help you move beyond these kinds of tropes and create characters with big bodies that constitute good representation. [...]

Deep Dive Into Building Inclusive Worlds

August 26, 2020July 1, 2023Writing the Other

Worldbuilding for speculative fiction and SFF games can be a daunting task, even moreso for writers who want to create inclusive cultures filled with diverse characters. This class offers writers a deep dive into key aspects of building inclusive worlds. [...]

Diverse Narrative Structure

July 19, 2020August 20, 2020Writing the Other

In this course author Henry Lien will demonstrate that elements that we consider staples of European/Western storytelling–such as the three-act story structure, the empowerment arc, and individual heroism–are not universal across all cultures. [...]

Research Skills for Fiction Writers

July 3, 2020September 26, 2020Writing the Other

Inclusive Narrative Voices Seminar

May 28, 2020July 3, 2020Writing the Other

In this class we’ll help you understand how to use nonstandard speech patterns in narrative voice to make the communities you depict vividly real. [...]

Deep Dive Into Dialogue and Dialect | a Writing the Other class

May 18, 2020July 6, 2020WtO Admin

An essential part of creating a character is understanding how that individual speaks or communicates. In this 3 week craft-focused class we’ll help you sharpen your dialogue skills through lectures, hands-on exercises, and feedback. [...]

Deep Dive Into Description

February 9, 2020April 3, 2020WtO Admin

When writers get to the point of describing people from marginalized groups they’re sometimes filled with anxiety over the words and phrases they should use. In this three week craft-centric class, authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford dive deep into these language and description pitfalls and how to avoid them. [...]

Deep Dive Into Diverse Characters

November 27, 2019January 28, 2020Writing the Other

Authors Nisi Shawl, Piper J. Drake, and K. Tempest Bradford will dive deep into character creation with writing exercises, discussion, and lectures on intersectionality, character relationships, avoiding stereotypes and tropes, and depicting characters from different genders, sexualities, classes, ethnicities, ability levels, and religious backgrounds. [...]

Deep Dive Into Building Inclusive Worlds

September 20, 2019January 27, 2023Writing the Other

Worldbuilding for speculative fiction can be a daunting task, even moreso for authors who want to create inclusive cultures filled with diverse characters. This class offers writers a deep dive into key aspects of building inclusive worlds. [...]