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Panel: Revealing Your World

Guest event run by John Bestoso

Time

Saturday, January 26 beginning at 10:30 AM and running until 11:45 AM

Location

Sever 113 (Guide to Locations)

Short Description

Come listen to Orson Scott Card, M.T. Anderson, Marie Brennan, Elizabeth Haydon, Jim Kelly, and Kelly Link talk about how authors reveal their world.

Details

A great speculative fiction writer doesn't just create a fantastic world but also picks the perfect way to reveal that world. The opening lines are often used to tell us where we are, but sometimes the setting is revealed only late in the work, or hidden in clues that only the clever pick up on. Our guest authors will talk about their thought process in deciding how the reader will learn about the setting of your work. What kind of reaction are they hoping for from the reader? Sometimes we learn about the setting from sources outside the main narrative of a work. Interludes, appendices, maps, illustrations -- even the cover art often tells us what the people of this fantastic world look like. How can these other sources of information effectively be combined with the narrative's approach to revealing the world (or how can they be avoided)?

Availability

Open event—show up at the start to participate.