Writers' Workshop
Welcome to the Writers' Workshop! The workshop is open to all speculative fiction writers, regardless of experience. It's a place to get feedback on your writing and decide what you need to work on next. You'll have the chance to hear a professional writer critique your work, along with several of your peers. Critiques will be done in a round-robin Clarion West style. This workshop style allows all the participants to read and critique everyone's work (as opposed to seating a panel of professionals to critique one writer at a time). The workshop will take place on Saturday, March 5th, over the lunch break. A
simple lunch will be provided. More details will be given to participants in
February. The window for submissions will be January 1 to February 4, 2011. Check back at that time for details. The workshop costs $15. You can register via PayPal or send a check. Please note that you need to register for the convention as well as the workshop. If this amount causes hardship for you, please contact the workshop at workshop@potlatch-sf.org and we'll see what we can work out.
You'll receive the stories from other group members in your email by early February. You are responsible for reading all the stories and writing a critique of each one. Try to find things that are strong in the story along with things that aren't working so well. If you've never done a critique before, here are some guides. You don't have to cover every point listed, but here's some ideas for how to think about the stories. How to Critique Fiction
by Victory Crayne You can write line notes if you want to, or just a page or two of comments at the end. Print the stories, and bring them along with your critiques to the workshop. You'll listen quietly while the others critique your story, and then you'll have a chance to ask questions and talk about what they've said.
Contact workshop@potlatch-sf.org. |