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<p>The workshop was highly successful, both from my point of view as the facilitator and the point of view of the attendees. Despite some confusions on communication early on — we had originally planned on three sessions before schedule conflicts got in the way, and initial communications regarding the structure of critique were unclear — the attendees left the workshop feeling like they had a clear idea of the feedback they received and what directions they could take their submitted works. I left the workshop with a greater understanding of facilitation and how to guide timed discussions.</p>
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<p>The second workshop took place in-person at <a href="https://furcon.org">Further Confusion</a>, a mid-sized convention (for furry, at approximately 4,500 attendees). The goal of this workshop was to run a similar event to the Oxfurred Comma Writing Workshop, except that the workshop would take place in person at a convention. The realities of the convention worked against this, however; with no guarantee that the sessions would not be scheduled against other, more popular panels or events, it was difficult for attendees to guarantee that they would be joining all three sessions. Additionally, some of the largest draws of in-person furry events — fursuiting, the Dealer’s Den, social interaction — tend to leave panels focused on more technical material poorly attended.</p>
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<p>This led to a reevaluation of the planned sessions, and instead, the three-session workshop was shifted to the topic of critical reading and critiquing within the context of furry. The first session focused on what goes into the act of critical reading and how we interact with texts as furry readers. The second focused on what goes into giving critique on furry writing. The final session focused on writing with an eye to receiving critique and how to incorporate feedback into one’s work.</p>
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<p>Despite the slim attendance — five on the first day, seven on the second, ten on the third — the workshop was still overall a success. During the first day, after leading with a discussion on critical reading and what goes into it, the attendees read through <a href="https://zooscape-zine.com/bibelots-and-baubles/">a short piece</a>, which we discussed afterwards. At the end of the session, I gave the attendees the opportunity to write and submit short (500-1000 word) stories for workshopping on the third day.</p>
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<p>The second day was spent discussing what exactly goes on in a writing workshop including various methods that they might see and how that can play into furry, which led into critiquing <a href="https://makyo.ink/jump">one of my pieces</a>, with the idea being that we would be able to workshop a piece with the author present, yet not put the pressure on any of the attendees.</p>
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<p>Despite the slim attendance — five on the first day, seven on the second, ten on the third — the workshop was still overall a success. During the first day, after leading with a discussion on critical reading and what goes into it, the attendees read through a short piece, <a href="https://zooscape-zine.com/bibelots-and-baubles/">“Bibelots and Baubles”</a>, which we discussed afterwards. At the end of the session, I gave the attendees the opportunity to write and submit short (500-1000 word) stories for workshopping on the third day.</p>
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<p>The second day was spent discussing what exactly goes on in a writing workshop including various methods that they might see and how that can play into furry, which led into critiquing one of my pieces, <a href="https://makyo.ink/jump">“Jump”</a>, with the idea being that we would be able to workshop a piece with the author present, yet not put the pressure on any of the attendees.</p>
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<p>The last day involved workshopping the pieces that the attendees offered and then having a discussion about writing with an eye towards receiving critique and how to engage with critical readers in a workshop setting.</p>
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<p>((About FC))
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((Structure of the workshop))
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((Outcome))</p>
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<p>Once again, the workshop was largely a success. The attendees were invested and committed to learning and participating in the process. When it came to reading the provided story, all provided a good sense of understanding of the work as well as providing insightful answers to guiding questions (“what aspects of this story are furry, and how effective are they to you?” — “what was your favorite image and why?” — “what aspects of the main character did you wish you had more of?” — and so on). On the second day, the discussion about what goes into some fairly standard formats of workshops led to a delightful conversation over “Jump”, including insights into the piece that hadn’t arisen when the piece was workshopped for the first time back in 2021. On the third day, with <a href="https://makyo.ink/workshops/fcww/23/submissions/">two pieces to read through</a>, the authors responded well to the conversation and a sense of camaraderie was clear among the attendees.</p>
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<p>With both of these workshops, there were a few commonalities in terms of what worked and what didn’t. In</p>
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<p>((What worked, what didn’t))
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((Lessons learned))
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((Moving forward))</p>
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<p>It’s quite common to refer to furry as a fandom as well. I resist this phrasing more on intellectual than moral grounds, simply because there isn’t a core media that furries are a fandom. When asked, most furries will say that they’re fans of anthropomorphic animals or, more poignantly, themselves. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:furryfandom" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
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<p>See https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRscgS5B/ <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:berk" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
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<p>See <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRscgS5B/">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRscgS5B/</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:berk" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
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<p>I’m careful to specify ‘is seen as’ due to a common complaint of editors being the overuse of this construct. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:speciestag" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
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