Crowdsourcing!
Writers of my acquaintance! I'm running a writing seminar next year and I need to put the topic/program together; I could use some crowdsourced advice.
If you had the opportunity (at a writing workshop, a con, etc) to hear a panel of successful writers talk about writing, what are the sorts of things you would find most interesting/useful to hear ( Read more... )
For me, the last tempting course I've heard about was one on how to market short fiction. Part of it involved writing assignments, and part was specifics about the market for that kind of work. The writing part was prompts and some craft, with feedback, and then you were given pointers on publishing what you'd produced. It was the pairing that I found most intriguing. The idea of a panel is less tempting because it means I'll sit there and get talked at, and people will ask questions a la http://scottlynch.us/blog/2013/06/14/being-good-can-be-a-shortcut-there-is-no-shortcut-to-being-good/
E-pub/self-pub seems to be a big thing these days though it mostly leaves me cold.
Otherwise, a lot of what draws (or doesn't) for me is who will be speaking - and about what. For example: Jen Violi wrote one of the best YA novels I have ever read. She has published precisely one novel. Would I go see her talk about how to get published? No. Would I go see her about craft in YA lit? Yes. Craft in SF? No.
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