Gen Con Writers Symposium
Entertainment Events
D&D with Writers
LARP
homebrew
Pop! A LARP by Alex Roberts from "Honey & Hot Wax: An Anthology of Erotic Art Games"
Seminar
Adventure Branching: Writing Choices for Tabletop Games
AfroFuturism in Game Design
Ageism in SFF: Broadening the Ages of Protagonists
Are We Going to Be Okay? Marginalized Writers in Today's World
Ask an AI Scientist
Ask the Agents
Ask the Editors
Beyond the Hero's Journey: Story Structure in Writing
Breaking the Rules! Breaking the Rules!
Creating Better Fictional Languages
Dennis the Peasant: Class and Social Stratification in Speculative Fiction and Gaming
Embrace Your Weirdness (and Find Where it Intersects with Markets)
Exciting Possibilities of Trustworthy AI
Fall in Love with your Writing. Yep, yours!
Fanfic: Write it, Enjoy it, Learn from it
Fighting Writers talk about Writing Fight Scenes
Folkloric Fantasy: Working With Monsters
Food in Speculative Fiction
Games, Poetics, and Sensory Experiences
Get In the Fight: Activism in Genre Writing
Getting into Visual Writing: Comics, Cards, Graphic Novels, and Games
Getting into Writing BattleTech and Shadowrun Fiction
Hacking Your Habitat (So You Can Write!)
Here's How That Went: Writers Postmortem Their Own Processes
How to Become an Editor
How to Unban Books
How to Write for the Ear
Industry Survival Guide: Layoffs, Dry Spells, and Flops
Interview with Special Guest Mikki Kendall
Invention! An Interview with Writers
Leave This Workshop with a Poem You Wrote
Liminal Identities in Speculative Fiction and Gaming
Make Your Own Monsters
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session A)
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session B)
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session C)
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session D)
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session E)
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session F)
New Books! New Games! New Love! (Session G)
Non-Fiction For, not About Genre
POV Pandemonium: How Many POVs Does your Story Need?
Pulp Fiction for Contemporary Audiences
Queer Characters of Nonbinary Flavor: The Battle of the Pronouns
Query Questions & Answers
Reading and Writing in a Neurodiverse Universe
Rediscovering the Magic in Magic
Relationships Between Writers and Editors
Running a Successful Critique Group
Self-Editing: When, Why, and How
So Tell Me about this Anthology!
Squeak and Geek
Story Arcs and Character Development with your Sweet Murderhobos
Strategies to Avoid Infodumps
Sword & Sorcery for Contemporary Audiences
Talk and Poetry Reading with Special Guest Linda D. Addison
The Current State of AI and Publishing
The Current State of Genre Short Fiction Markets
The Herbivore in the Room: No Vegans in the Future
The Indie Re-Revolution
The System As Villain: Explore Goodness Through Media
The “Come One, Come All” Game Narrative Hootenanny
Welcome to the Queer Manga Book Club!
Working with an Agent
Worldbuilding for TTRPG Systems
Write What You DON'T Know: Working Across Cultural Lines
Writer Doodles (When We Write for Ourselves)
Writers Symposium Closing Ceremonies
Writers Symposium Opening Ceremonies
Writing for Art: Graphic Novels and Comics
Writing for Children and Young People
Writing Geeky Non-Fiction
Writing Genre Poetry
Writing Series: Pros, Cons, and Keeping Track
Writing the Beautiful Nasty
Writing Tie-In Fiction
Writing Video Game Romances
Writing with Emotional Interiority
Writing with Kindness
Yar! A Panel of Pirates!
Workshop
10 Super-Charged Writing Secrets
A Short Story Writer's Primer
Adapting Stories to Games for Authors
An Infernal Salon: Workshop and Literary Salon
Bardic Inspiration: Writing Speculative Poetry
Beat Writer's Block
Breaking out of Revision Hell: Revising and Editing
Building a Career in Words
Building Your Novel Writing Tool Kit
Coming up with Comp Titles
Don't Answer That Question: Writing Dialog With Momentum
Emotional Self Care for Writers
First Chapter Milestones
Gamemastering for the Writer, Writing for the Gamemaster
Getting Beyond Movie Flats: Societies and Worldbuilding
How to Pitch
How To Write Good Narrative Choices In Games
Indie Publishing In a Modern Marketplace
Introverts Unite! Building Community to Survive your Writing Journey
Mastering Fiction: Brainstorming Your Way to a Breakout Novel
Mastering Fiction: Character Creation
Mastering Fiction: Connective Tissue For Stories that Resonate
Mastering Fiction: Plotting Techniques of the Professional Writer
Mastering Fiction: Tension on Every Page
Mastering Fiction: The Patterns That Lead to Compelling Stories and How to Use Them
Mastering Fiction: The Structure of Scenes
Mastering Fiction: Worldbuilding
Messy Characters and Breadcrumb Trails: Engaging Audiences with Revelations
Micro Fiction Party
Monstrous Lovers: Writing Dark Romance
Networking for the Author
Portfolio Review: Tabletop
Portfolio Review: Videogame
Project Management for Creatives
Punch Up Your Prose: How to Craft Knockout Syntax
Read and Critique: Session A
Read and Critique: Session B
Read and Critique: Session C
Romanian folklore: how to Write in Threes
Seven Steps to Better Self Editing
Sharpen Your Story
So You Need To Write A Sex Scene
Start Close to the End: Writing Short Genre Fiction
Stick the Landing: How to Nail Your Novel's End
Story Fundamentals; How to Write Short Stories
Story Games for Glittering Souls
Surviving Crowdfunding with Yourself and Your Creativity Intact
Systems of Magic; How to Use Your Magic to Enrich Your Worldbuilding
The Art of the Pitch
The Caregiver’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Creative Spark
The Great Character Deep Dive
Twenty Types of Terror: Exploring Horror Subgenres in Fiction and Games
Using Tarot as a Storytelling Tool
Watching Movies To Make You A Better Writer
Writing Great Dialogue
Writing Rules That Matter! (Board/Card Game Edition)
Writing Rules That Matter! (TTRPG Edition)
Isle of Misfit Events
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Bradley P. Beaulieu
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: C. S. E. Cooney and Marie Bilodeau
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Cat Rambo and Jeremy Bernstein
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Daniel 'Doc' Myers and J. B. Garner
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Dedren Snead and Daniel 'Doc' Myers
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Dedren Snead and Sarah Hans
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Ed Greenwood and Gregory A. Wilson
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Erin M. Evans and E.D.E. Bell
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Erin M. Evans and Elisa Teague
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Gregory A. Wilson and E.D.E. Bell
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Howard Andrew Jones and Ben Riggs
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: J.D. Blackrose and Gini Koch
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Jeremy Bernstein and Matt Forbeck
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Jesse J. Holland and Cat Rambo
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Jordan Kurella and Annye Driscoll (Maker Fishmeal)
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Khaldoun Khelil
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Michael R. Underwood and Anthony W. Eichenlaub
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Monica Valentinelli and Gini Koch
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Richard Dansky and Bryan Young
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Sheree Renée Thomas and Danian Darrell Jerry
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Special Guest Mikki Kendall
Book Signing and Meet and Greet: Storm Humbert and Gary Kloster
Meet the Writers
Pitch to Gabrielle Harbowy
Pitch to Morgan Wilson
Speculative Poetry Open Mic!
Tea with Mikki
Write Club!
