The WritingCast

Progressive vs Conservative

I talk about how people fit on various continuums, such as progressive vs conservative in their approaches to technology, and how that creates tension in a story.

Your resource this time is the Writer Crash Test put together by Holly Lisle at http://writercrashtest.com/ It’s a video podcast on how to write a novel.

There are 15 scholarships available to the Mayborn Literary Conference. Interested applicants must submit:

A completed application
Two reference letters (The Sid Richardson scholarship requires that one letter come from a supervisor)
A letter of 250 words or less about why he or she wants to attend the conference
A nonfiction writing sample, published or not, maximum of 1000 words.

All applications are due July 1.  Winners will be notified via e-mail by July 3.  The applications can be accessed at www.themayborn.unt.edu/MaybornConferenece2009.htm and can be mailed to the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism, 1155 Union Circle #311460, Denton, TX 76203.  Applications can also be faxed to 940-369-8959.

For more information contact Sarah Whyman at sarah.whyman@unt.edu or contact the Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism at 940-565-4564.

SciFi Now is teaming up with Tor to give one lucky writer a chance at seeing his or her work in print.  From their website:

To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, readers must enter a full synopsis of their novel along with the first three chapters by 20 August. Needless to say the novel must sit comfortably within the sci-fi and fantasy genres.

After all the entries have been received, a shortlist of six will be drawn up. The winning entry will be decided on by a judging panel comprised of members of the SciFiNow team and Tor. The winner will be announced in SciFiNow #35 on sale 25 November.

All entries should be sent to warofthewords@imagine-publishing.co.uk along with a name and contact details.

For a full list of rules and regulations go to http://www.scifinow.co.uk/competitions/war-of-the-words-rules-and-regulations/

Dharma Kelleher sent a link to a serialized blogging of Dracula, timed to dates in the novel.  You can find it at http://dracula-feed.blogspot.com/and find her at www.dharmakelleher.com.

If you want to see the fiction I’ve blogged this week, it’s at http://www.kehinde.com/blog  If you want to see my review of Green Lantern: Hero’s Quest, it’s at  http://sfsite.com/05a/gr295.htm.

Your prompt for this week is to decide on a continuum. Could be progressive/conservative. Could be planned/spontaneous. Could be anything you like, and put two characters on in with a serious problem in the middle. Let them go to town with it.

 

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