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%title RAWR day 5
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# Lecture --- What's next?
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* Places to go after RAWR to continue writing career, because there's a lot
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* What worked/didn't RAWR, so we can figure out what's next
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* Staying in touch as a group after going through this together:
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* helps to have this community of people who know about each other
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* 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)
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* cohort with similar starting point and familiarity with discourses within the genre, rather than trying to catch them up to the tropes
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* Continuing to read:
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* Provide recommendations to each other because now we have a good idea of what each other like
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* 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
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* What would your *response* to those be?
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* Be a bone-stealer - steal a skeleton to enter into a story of your own (Disney, noir, fairy tales, etc)
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* Focus on metagenres, e.g: queer fiction
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* Email lists, e.g: book smugglers' X Marks the Spot, Fireside, Fiyah
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* Other workshops:
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* apply multiple times, since you'll probably be paired up with similar sensibilities
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* Mention that you know previous members (Kyell and Dayna)
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* List this workshop as a reference
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* Clarion:
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* six weeks, RAWR kind of condensed version of first week + the rest
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* Genre focus (sff)
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* 20 attendees
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* See which authors are going to teach:
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* The Anchor Team (last two instructors)
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* a consideration, yes, but what you take away from it is your cohort
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* More just tells you what to apply with
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* probably rolling classes over another year
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* Clarion West in Seattle
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* Clarion in San Diego
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* Get access to archive of first drafts
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* "Fun Trauma"/"MFA in a Bottle":
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* shorthand for understanding that you're serious, they approach you in a different frame of mind
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* some of the takeaways are the same, but Clarion can be less painful
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* The big takeaway is connections
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* Dayna prefers experience, right choice for some
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* Still, not necessary
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* CSSF Kij's workshop at U Kansas:
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* Focused on novel writing:
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* also novel *structuring*
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* Work on kitbashing - what makes it tick?
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* SFF
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* Also Repeat Offenders:
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* like ReRAWR
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* Invited back, kind of retreat
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* Smaller: 6-8 attendees
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* Kij has both traditional and furry cred
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* Barb does everything through self publishing
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* Tries to pair folks up (paired Kyell and Watts) so no one is stranded/left with folks not knowing what they're going for
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* Taos:
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* One particular guy runs it
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* Good reputation
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* Viable Paradise:
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* A few instructors (may have changed?)
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* Opens apps Jan 1
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* Odyssey
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* WriteFest:
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* multiple workshop programs (poetry, memoirs, lit fic, etc)
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* Not residential, but can roll into a conference right after with lots of good info
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* [Scary Stories for Young Foxes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_for_Young_Foxes)
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* Highlights Foundation does a middle grade workshop
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* Readercon
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* Orycon
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* Emerald City Comic Con (though very artist focused)
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* Make your own workshop...??? :thinking emoji:
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* Alumni network:
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* folks from other classes
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* Can settle into a group like that
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* Maybe get together for a long weekend
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* Online vs Residential:
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* Missing:
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* cohabitation
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* coffee runs
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* accidental opportunities to talk about writing
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* feels like a mini-convention
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* wake up and only obligation is writing and writing-adjacent stuff
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* Benefit:
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* Ended up being more accessible, esp when travel is difficult
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* nice to still be able to get people together
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* sometimes folks can't make it for logistical reasons or disabilities and this allows sidestepping that
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* Workshops for short/anthology horror:
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* Clarion considers horror to be genre
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* [Another Kansas workshop w/ Chris McKitterick](https://christopher-mckitterick.com/Workshop-stuff/SFworkshop.htm), CSSF Short Story workshop, might be good for horror
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* Con panels specific to horror (Foolscap, NorWesCon, Wiscon, WriteFest)
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* Folks to ask: Voice, Howl
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* [Voodonauts](https://www.voodoonauts.com/about/)
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* Queer-focused workshops:
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* Clarion has some queer instructors, etc
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* e.g: can look for queer instructors when applying
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* [Masterclass](https://www.masterclass.com/categories/writing)
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* [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)
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* Hopepunk, solarpunk, good stuff
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* [Rosarium](http://rosariumpublishing.com/)
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