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<li>Adding elements that &ldquo;make the story furry&rdquo; is seen as important. Some writing is considered &ldquo;funny animal fiction&rdquo; or &ldquo;coffee shop fox stories&rdquo;, where the nominally anthropomorphic characters could be replaced with humans with no detriment to the story. These are often described glibly as &ldquo;zipperbacks&rdquo;, referring to the idea that fursuits, costumes of anthropomorphic animals, contain a zipper down the back used to put them on and take them off. These elements can take the form of tails wagging, ears perking, or the importance of scents, given the preponderance of canines, but can be as elaborate as including the social implications of shedding or the requirements of tail accommodations.</li>
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<p>With all of this in mind, I scheduled two workshops to run during conventions and adapted a standard workshop template to include discussions and critiques of these features in furry writing.</p>
<p>The first of these workshops took place during the online convention <a href="https://oxfurredcomma.com">Oxfurred Comma</a>, hosted by the <a href="https://furrywritersguild.com">Furry Writers&rsquo; Guild</a>.</p>
<p>((About OCWW))</p>
<p>The first of these workshops took place during the online convention <a href="https://oxfurredcomma.com">Oxfurred Comma</a>, hosted by the <a href="https://furrywritersguild.com">Furry Writers&rsquo; Guild</a>. While the core group of attendees of the workshop interacted with each other over a video call, attendees of the overall convention were able to watch via a streaming broadcast on <a href="https://twitch.tv">Twitch</a> to view the process of workshopping and interact via the text chat.</p>
<p>This workshop followed a familiar format, where a small group of writers came together to critique and discuss each of their pieces over the course of two one-hour sessions, plus one video provided in advance. Each author applied to the workshop with a short piece of fiction (either a story or stand-alone selection of a larger work of up to 2,000 words) along with a short bio. Workshop attendees were selected from the pool of applicants based on the strength of their submissions and a subjective evaluation of how willing to participate they seemed. Applications were slim, so it was lucky that I was able to admit all applicants.</p>
<p>The two sessions of the workshop were focused on critical reading and critiquing writing. The video provided in lieu of a first session involved the critiquing of a piece published by an author not in attendance to offer an example of the process of critiquing and workshopping. The Saturday session involved workshopping the pieces used for applying using the standard format of a silent author for the first few minutes, followed by a discussion where they were included.</p>
<p>The Sunday session involved critiquing a piece of homework. On the first day, authors were given a bit more than a day and a half to write approximately 1,000 words of fiction. On the evening of the second day, these assignments were emailed to each of the authors so that the third day could workshop those pieces, keeping in mind the lessons that they had learned so far. This also provided an opportunity to write a piece with the fact that it would be critiqued in mind.</p>
<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 &mdash; we had originally planned on three sessions before schedule conflicts got in the way, and initial communications regarding the structure of critique were unclear &mdash; 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>
<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).</p>
<p>((About FC))</p>
<p>((About FC))
((Structure of the workshop))
((Outcome))</p>
<p>((What worked, what didn&rsquo;t))
((Lessons learned))
((Moving forward))</p>
<p>((Lesson plans))</p>
<p>((Images/video?))</p>
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