Support me in the Clarion West Write-a-thon!

[swan_tower]

I've been doing a lot of teaching with the Clarion West writers' workshop this year -- first an in-person workshop on writing fight scenes; then four one-hour online workshops on different small worldbuilding topics during their free offerings in April; then a six-hour online workshop on worldbuilding more broadly in May -- and now I'm partnering with them in a different way, by participating in their write-a-thon. This raises funds to cover their costs, including scholarships for marginalized students, so if you can spare a little for them, please do! You can either sponsor me at that link, or browse the list of participants and choose someone from there. I've pledged to do a whole pile of stuff: forty thousand words on the second Rook and Rose book with Alyc (uhhhh, 40K together; not 40K for my half), revision on The Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, and two short stories completed. Wish me luck . . .

Comments

[yhlee]

genuine question, how on earth do online workshops work from the teaching side? one of the reasons i declined to teach a workshop when they contacted me was i couldn't figure out how to convert my own worldbuilding workshop to an online format. (especially since the majority of the workshop, done in person, consists of people getting into pairs and worldbuilding off prompts, which i doubt anyone is interested in sitting on zoom for.)

[swan_tower]

To be honest, they don't work as well as I'd like. I think I could experiment with breakout rooms and getting people to work in small groups -- and if I do this again in the future, I may -- but my workshops have been more like lectures than interactive things. I get *some* interactive mileage out of asking people to suggest examples of stuff or ask me questions in the chat window, but not nearly as much as I would do for an in-person workshop.

I wouldn't say it's a total failure, because people seem to be enjoying the lectures! But they're a different beast, for sure.

[yhlee]

i was afraid of that. i like interactive teaching way more than i do lecturing. :p i'm glad people hae been enjoying them, though!