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Starting Your Story in the Right Place
Friday May 2, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am MDT
Douglas
One of the most challenging goals in commercial fiction is knowing what to include and what to exclude in a first chapter. In this craft-oriented workshop we'll focus on examples that strike the right balance between exposition and action (in medias res).
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David R. Slayton

David R. Slayton (He/Him) grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he lives in Denver, Colorado and writes the books he always wanted to read. His debut, White... Read More →
Friday May 2, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am MDT
Douglas
  Craft of Writing

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