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# Lecture --- What's next?

* Places to go after RAWR to continue writing career, because there's a lot
* What worked/didn't RAWR, so we can figure out what's next
* Staying in touch as a group after going through this together:
    * helps to have this community of people who know about each other
    * We have familiarity with what we're all trying to do (rather than starting fresh with a new critique group, where people may have suggestions for a story you're not actually trying to write, e.g: literary snobs who might make you justify your genre)
    * cohort with similar starting point and familiarity with discourses within the genre, rather than trying to catch them up to the tropes
* Continuing to read:
    * Provide recommendations to each other because now we have a good idea of what each other like
    * Also, good to get reading material by volunteering as a slush reader for awards/magazines (also good way to broaden horizons w/ stuff you might *not* read), read Year's Best <GENRE>, etc. Pick up by osmosis
    * What would your *response* to those be?
    * Be a bone-stealer - steal a skeleton to enter into a story of your own (Disney, noir, fairy tales, etc)
    * Focus on metagenres, e.g: queer fiction
    * Email lists, e.g: book smugglers' X Marks the Spot, Fireside, Fiyah
* Other workshops:
    * apply multiple times, since you'll probably be paired up with similar sensibilities
    * Mention that you know previous members (Kyell and Dayna)
    * List this workshop as a reference
    * Clarion:
        * six weeks, RAWR kind of condensed version of first week + the rest
        * Genre focus (sff)
        * 20 attendees
        * See which authors are going to teach:
            * The Anchor Team (last two instructors)
            * a consideration, yes, but what you take away from it is your cohort
            * More just tells you what to apply with
        * probably rolling classes over another year
        * Clarion West in Seattle
        * Clarion in San Diego
        * Get access to archive of first drafts
        * "Fun Trauma"/"MFA in a Bottle":
            * shorthand for understanding that you're serious, they approach you in a different frame of mind
            * some of the takeaways are the same, but Clarion can be less painful
            * The big takeaway is connections
            * Dayna prefers experience, right choice for some
        * Still, not necessary
    * CSSF Kij's workshop at U Kansas:
        * Focused on novel writing:
            * also novel *structuring*
            * Work on kitbashing - what makes it tick?
        * SFF
        * Also Repeat Offenders:
            * like ReRAWR
            * Invited back, kind of retreat
        * Smaller: 6-8 attendees
        * Kij has both traditional and furry cred
        * Barb does everything through self publishing
        * Tries to pair folks up (paired Kyell and Watts) so no one is stranded/left with folks not knowing what they're going for
    * Taos:
        * One particular guy runs it
        * Good reputation
    * Viable Paradise:
        * A few instructors (may have changed?)
        * Opens apps Jan 1
    * Odyssey
    * WriteFest:
        * multiple workshop programs (poetry, memoirs, lit fic, etc)
        * Not residential, but can roll into a conference right after with lots of good info
        * [Scary Stories for Young Foxes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_for_Young_Foxes)
    * Highlights Foundation does a middle grade workshop
    * Readercon
    * Orycon
    * Emerald City Comic Con (though very artist focused)
    * Make your own workshop...??? :thinking emoji:
* Alumni network:
    * folks from other classes
    * Can settle into a group like that
    * Maybe get together for a long weekend
* Online vs Residential:
    * Missing:
        * cohabitation
        * coffee runs
        * accidental opportunities to talk about writing
        * feels like a mini-convention
        * wake up and only obligation is writing and writing-adjacent stuff
    * Benefit:
        * Ended up being more accessible, esp when travel is difficult
        * nice to still be able to get people together
        * sometimes folks can't make it for logistical reasons or disabilities and this allows sidestepping that
* Workshops for short/anthology horror:
    * Clarion considers horror to be genre
    * [Another Kansas workshop w/ Chris McKitterick](https://christopher-mckitterick.com/Workshop-stuff/SFworkshop.htm), CSSF Short Story workshop, might be good for horror
    * Con panels specific to horror (Foolscap, NorWesCon, Wiscon, WriteFest)
    * Folks to ask: Voice, Howl
* [Voodonauts](https://www.voodoonauts.com/about/)
* Queer-focused workshops:
    * Clarion has some queer instructors, etc
    * e.g: can look for queer instructors when applying
    * [Masterclass](https://www.masterclass.com/categories/writing)
    * [Cat Rambo](https://catrambo.teachable.com/), [N K Jemisin](https://www.masterclass.com/classes/n-k-jemisin-teaches-fantasy-and-science-fiction-writing/chapters/meet-your-instructor-n-k-jemisin)
* Hopepunk, solarpunk, good stuff
* [Rosarium](http://rosariumpublishing.com/)