World Sci-Fi Convention Panels -1

Posted by Colin Harvey Aug 21, 2008

Writing for publication is as much a business as it is an art or craft.

While workshops endlessly cover the artistic aspects such as point of view, show versus tell, and plotting, most such workshops will take perhaps a single afternoon out of a ten day workshop to discuss the business aspects.

So it was wonderful that the Worldcon team provided no less than eighteen panels on the craft. The full list comprised:

Agents from the Writer's Perspective

Are Writers Workshops Right for You?

Becoming an Insider: Joining the Convention Community

Breaking into Hollywood

Dealing with publishers, Large and Small

How to Give an Effective Reading - Workshop

How to write a good query letter

How Writers Fit into the Publishing Business

My First Five Pages and why my Book Didn’t Sell

Rising Stars 101 (This was a basic introductory panel that should have started the thread)

Rising Stars Reception

Schmoozing 101

Shameless self-promotion

Survival Tips for the Beginning Writer

The Business of Creativity - Practical Seminar on Financial Matters

The Secret of Being a Published Fiction Writer

Vanity press pitfalls

What SF editors are looking for

I didn't make it to all the panels, but I did manage to visit about half of them, and I'll post notes on the panels that I attended over the next few weeks.