Workshop Leaders
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How To Outwit Procrastination – Writing With ADHD
Read more / watch…: How To Outwit Procrastination – Writing With ADHDAward-winning author, Premee Mohamed, shares a science-backed technique for beating ADHD-driven procrastination. “Brains are ridiculous… I don’t know who designed these things.”
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Why You Should Write A Horror Short Story
Read more / watch…: Why You Should Write A Horror Short StoryEven if you’ve never written horror or don’t think you’re a horror fan, award-winning author KC Grifant’s going to convince you to give it a try. See why.
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Using Tension To Win Over Editors
Read more / watch…: Using Tension To Win Over EditorsJoin Editor-In-Chief of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Tristan Evarts, for this clip from his pacing workshop. Tristan shares how successful writers use tension to grab an editor’s attention and keep it.
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Write A Marketable Short Horror Story with KC Grifant
Read more / watch…: Write A Marketable Short Horror Story with KC GrifantWatch this excerpt from award-winning author KC Grifant’s workshop, “Creating Horror Short Stories That Sizzle And Sell.” KC shares the ingredients for a compelling short horror story that’ll grab an editor’s attention.
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Why Memoir As Speculative Fiction Sells
Read more / watch…: Why Memoir As Speculative Fiction SellsIn this live workshop clip, award-winning story-teller and published author, Sage Tyrtle explains how she got a memoir story published by transforming it into speculative fiction.
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Get Published Using The Murder Mystery Formula
Read more / watch…: Get Published Using The Murder Mystery FormulaIn this excerpt from his workshop, “Mastering Plot and Structure,” award-winning author, Lavie Tidhar, talks about how he learned to love writing formula fiction and why you should try it.
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Beginning By Skipping To The End
Read more / watch…: Beginning By Skipping To The EndIn this excerpt from his workshop, “Beginnings and Middles Without End” author Jonathan Wood shares how he approaches the beginning of his story—by skipping to the end.
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Make Your Story Opening Shine with KC Grifant
Read more / watch…: Make Your Story Opening Shine with KC GrifantWatch this excerpt from one of award-winning author KC Grifant’s workshops for Reach Your Apex, “Sellable Short Stories: What Editors Want (And Don’t Want).” KC shares the ingredients, including examples, for a strong opening that will help your story escape the slush pile.
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How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My Short Story
Read more / watch…: How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My Short Story“Names are actually incredibly, incredibly important. It’s something not enough people pay attention to. Names tell you pretty much everything about a person. It tells you where they’re from, what culture they’re from, what period of time they’re from,” says award-winning author Lavie Tidhar in this excerpt from his workshop on writing the Science Fiction…
