An excerpt from the lecture Rebecca Kuang gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on common pitfalls in character description.

Odyssey SF/F Writing Workshop Podcasts

Rebecca Kuang on Common Pitfalls in Character Description

An excerpt from the question and answer session Arley Sorg held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on literary agents.

Arley Sorg Questions on Literary Agents

An excerpt from the lecture Arley Sorg gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on literary agents.

Arley Sorg on Literary Agents

An excerpt from the question and answer session Paul Park held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on point of view.

Paul Park Questions on Point of View

An excerpt from the lecture Paul Park gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on point of view.

Paul Park on Point of View

An excerpt from the lecture Jeanne Cavelos gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on Going Cold, a technique for pulling back from character emotion at key moments.

Jeanne Cavelos on Going Cold: Pulling Back from Character Emotion

An excerpt from the question and answer session Rebecca Kuang held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on character description.

Rebecca Kuang on Character Description

An excerpt from the question and answer session Jessie Mihalik held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on worldbuilding, exposition, romance, and sticking with a writing project.

Jessie Mihalik on Worldbuilding, Exposition, Romance, and Sticking with a Project

An excerpt from the lecture Jeanne Cavelos gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on a complex character arc that combines character growth and transformation.

Jeanne Cavelos on a Complex Character Arc of Growth and Transformation

An excerpt from Meagan Spooner's question and answer session at Odyssey 2021 on building a writing career and working in the Young Adult field.

Meagan Spooner on Building a Writing Career and Working in the Young Adult Field

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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.