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The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a nonprofit with the mission of helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work. To fulfill our mission, we offer Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, an intensive, one-on-one online program, customized for each student. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers and guest critiquers. We also offer five-week online writing classes each winter; webinars, critiques, consultations, and coaching year-round, and many free resources. These podcasts are excerpts from guest lectures at our workshop and from our online classes. For more information on Odyssey, visit odysseyworkshop.org..
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An excerpt from the question and answer session David Corbett gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 rediscovering what you love about writing, developing useful habits, and generating subtext.
1An excerpt from the lecture David Corbett gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on characterization and the three facets of character struggle.
An excerpt from the question and answer session E.C. Ambrose held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on dialog, description, worldbuilding, and character pressure points.
An excerpt from the question and answer session Tim Waggoner held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on balancing multiple conflicts, creating unusual structures, and writing short stories vs. writing novels.
An excerpt from the lecture Tim Waggoner gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on managing pace in novels.
An excerpt from the lecture E.C. Ambrose gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the intersection of setting and character.
An excerpt from the question and answer session Steven Barnes held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on speaking your truth and dealing with writer's block.
An excerpt from the lecture Steven Barnes gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on creating the Hero's Journey for your characters and for you as a writer, the steps involved, and the change that results.
An excerpt from the question and answer session Nancy Kress held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the flow state, authorial presence, exposition, and character motivation.
An excerpt from the question and answer session Mary Robinette Kowal held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the importance of trusting your taste and retaining what makes your piece special.
An excerpt from the lecture Nancy Kress gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on how to characterize with details.
An excerpt from the lecture Mary Robinette Kowal gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the Character story.
An excerpt from the lecture Jeffrey Carver gave at Odyssey in the summer of 1999 on characterization.
An excerpt from the question and answer session David Brin held with Odyssey in the summer of 2021 about researching topics, trends in science fiction, and receiving feedback.
An excerpt from Meagan Spooner's question and answer session at Odyssey 2021 on retelling familiar legends, including reader expectations and writing about a known character.
An excerpt from the lecture Scott Edelman gave at Odyssey in the summer of 1999 on choosing the best character for your story idea.
An excerpt from the Odyssey Online course "One Brick at a Time: Crafting Compelling Scenes," taught by Barbara Ashford in winter 2018, on the hook.
An excerpt from the lecture Melissa Scott gave at Odyssey 2021 on world-building and how it works in science fiction and fantasy.
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Gregory Ashe gave at Odyssey 2021 on Scene and Sequel.
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Gregory Ashe gave at Odyssey 2021 on Scene and Sequel.
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