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Preliminary Program Grid for Charles GannonThis is the Preliminary program schedule. Charles Gannon may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention. |
| Saturday 1:00 pm: I'll Have Some Mystery with My Speculative Fiction (Ends at: 1:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Charles Gannon, Joan Wendland (M), Sarah Pinsker, Ty Drago Adding a good old fashioned whodunit to a science fiction or fantasy story can add an intriguing and fun element. What makes for a good setting and plot for an SFF mystery? How do you balance providing enough clues to interest the audience without making the solution obvious? What are the tropes and potential pitfalls and where can you find great examples of this done well? |
| Saturday 4:00 pm: Writing in Other People's Universes (Ends at: 4:55 pm) Washington Theater Participants:Charles Gannon, Jean Marie Ward (M), Keith R.A. DeCandido, Mark Roth, Sunny Moraine Whether writing for comics, venturing into tie-in novels and other adaptive media, or championing fan fiction, writing good stories in a known world requires a unique skill set. Panelists discuss what it takes to create compelling narratives for a universe not their own and how to push the limits without crossing the guidelines of the borrowed universe. |
| Saturday 10:00 pm: The Forever Life (Ends at: 10:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Charles Gannon, Darrell Charles Schweitzer, Doc Coleman (M) Many works of speculative fiction feature characters who are or seek to be live forever (or nearly so). Whether it is an extended life existence in science fiction or an ancient being in fantasy and horror, what themes emerge from tales of immortality? How does it affect characterization and plot? What lessons for living can we learn from these explorations? |
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