Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:39:23 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Great Con Redux...(DMZ Version)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I wonder if I could get Kindra to be the writer?  This is not a request for
permission, but a speculation about whether she would be willing.

At 02:36 PM 10/18/2005, you wrote:

>On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Mike B. wrote:
>
> > At 03:03 PM 10/17/2005 -0400, Lawhorn, William - BLS wrote:
> >> Speaking of interesting con things.  I thought I heard talk of a reviewers
> >> workshop for next year.  That could be a great addition to the
> programming.
> >> We all love to read Science Fiction, some even write it, but it would be
> >> even better if we could all write about it.  That would improve the
> work of
> >> current and future reviewers and hopefully create a pool of people and
> >> material to use in the WSFA journal.
> >
> > I'd love to see someone *write* something too.  Either a single author
> > going through whatever it takes to create a short story, perhaps with
> > audience interaction, or a panel of them creating a group work.  From idea,
> > through planning, to actual first draft...or even second (being able to
> > edit your own stuff is critical).  Seeing the sorts of decisions that are
> > made, and why, would be really helpful to lots of wannabes, and perhaps
> > even some active writers.
>
>Here's a slightly different approach that might be of interest:
>
>Have an author -- or maybe an aspiring author -- write a short story
>before the con.  Give copies to the panel of reviewers to analyze, maybe
>on the classic (?) Elizabeth Moon (?) model: a one-sentence summary of
>what they thought the story was about; how it succeeded; how it failed;
>how it could be improved.  Then, at CapClave, make copies of the story
>available to the attendees at the session so they can follow the critiques
>as the reviewers speak.  This might require signup for the session so's to
>know how many copies of the story to provide...oops, change that: a
>pre-announced limit on attendees so the copies can be prepared in advance.
>
>Does this sound (1) doable and (2) interesting?
>
>-- Dick Eney

Candy
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