Odyssey Sf/f Writing Workshop Podcasts

An excerpt from the lecture Paul Park gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 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.

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

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

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.

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.

An excerpt from the question and answer session David Corbett gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 rediscovering what you love about writing, developing useful habits, and generating subtext.

An excerpt from the lecture David Corbett gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on characterization and the three facets of character struggle.

An excerpt from the from the question and answer session E.C. Ambrose held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on dialog, description, worldbuilding, and character pressure points.

An excerpt from the question and answer session Tim Waggoner held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on balancing multiple conflicts, creating unusual structures, and writing short stories vs. writing novels.

An excerpt from the lecture E.C. Ambrose gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on on managing pace in novels.

An excerpt from the lecture E.C. Ambrose gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the intersection of setting and character.

An excerpt from the question and answer session Steven Barnes held for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on speaking your truth and dealing with writer's block.

An excerpt from the lecture Steven Barnes gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on creating the Hero's Journey for your characters and for you as a writer, the steps involved, and the change that results.

An excerpt from the lecture Nancy Kress gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the flow state, authorial presence, exposition, and character motivation.

An excerpt from the lecture Mary Robinette Kowal gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the importance of trusting your taste and retaining what makes your piece special.

An excerpt from the lecture Nancy Kress gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on how to characterize with details.

An excerpt from the lecture Mary Robinette Kowal gave for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on the Character story.

An excerpt from the lecture Jeffrey Carver gave at Odyssey in the summer of 1999 on characterization.