Schedule
Subject to change, of course; any changes will be announced and/or posted at the convention.
| F R I D A Y | |
| 3 p.m. | Opening Ceremonies |
| 3:30 p.m. | From Cool Idea to Story How do you get there from here? Jim Frenkel (mod), Alec Austin, Ellen Klages, Marissa Lingen, Will Shetterly |
| 5 p.m. | Grinding Buttons and Pushing Axes for Fun and Profit I hate stories with a “message”, particularly if I agree with the message, but maybe I’m wrong. Can it be done well and elegantly? How? What is the value in making your reader uncomfortable? Elizabeth Bear (mod), Alec Austin, Emma Bull, Marissa Lingen, Sarah Monette |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner Break |
| 9 p.m. | A Very Shiny Evening of Readings and Celebration An evening of readings in celebration of ten years of making shiny jewelry that inspires people with good imaginations and the willingness to make art. Readings begin at 9:30. Elise Matthesen/Lioness |
| S A T U R D A Y | |
| 9:30 a.m. | The Dreaded Second Draft [ Elizabeth Bear (mod), Eleanor Arnason, Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Catherine Lundoff, Caroline Stevermer |
| 11 a.m. | The Chewy Bits This is Emma Bull’s term for those aspects of a story that it’s fun to talk about at three in the morning over too much coffee. What exactly does she mean? Maybe she’ll tell us; more likely not. Teresa Nielsen Hayden (mod), Steven Brust, Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Jim Frenkel, |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 p.m. | Advice from New Writers This is not a typo. Teresa Nielsen Hayden (mod), Reesa Brown (2nd mod), Jennifer Evans, Marissa Lingen, Michael Merriam, Kit O’Connell, Jon Singer |
| 3 p.m | Playing with Structure I like playing with structure. It gives me a whole new way to approach storytelling. It adds dimension, and layers. I wish I knew what it was. Elizabeth Bear (mod), Alec Austin, |
| 4:30 p.m. | 21st Century Storytelling Ever since the first artist used the first stone tool and vegetable dye, art and technology have been inseparable. In the 21st century, this threatens to get completely out of control– much to our delight. (Yes, this is the Shadow Unit panel. Comments from the peanut gallery encouraged.) Steven Brust (mod), Alec Austin, Elizabeth Bear, Emma Bull, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly |
| 6 p.m. | Dinner Break |
| 8 p.m. | Food, Fashion, and Fornication Previous 4th Street conventions have established beyond doubt or question that good fantasy has good food values. What about fashion? Fornication? What about other things that may or may not begin with F? Elise Matthesen (mod), Elizabeth Bear, Catherine Lundoff, Sarah Monette, Kit O’Connell, Jon Singer |
| S U N D A Y | |
| 10 a.m. | Writing in the Negative Space Music is the notes and the spaces between the notes. Storytelling happens in what you don’t tell the reader as much as what you do tell. Discuss. Be complete, concise, and specific. Steven Brust (mod), Elizabeth Bear, |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch Break |
| 12:30 p.m. | Writer’s Lies What lies do you have to tell yourself in order to do your best work? Do you tell yourself hte truth? I believe you. No, really. Steven Brust (mod), Pamela Dean, Ellen Klages, Marissa Lingen, Will Shetterly, Caroline Stevermer |
| 2 p.m. | Stuff Elizabeth Bear talks about Stuff. Other people also talk about Stuff. This is the panel about Stuff, and theories of Stuff, and people discussing theories of Stuff. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (mod), Elizabeth Bear, Emma Bull, |
| 3:30 p.m. | Closing Ceremonies |
