Odyssey SF/F Writing Workshop Podcasts
Odyssey is an intensive six-week workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror held each summer on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers. These podcasts are excerpts from guest lectures. For more information, visit https://odysseyworkshop.org..Podcasts
Nisi Shawl on Studying Plot, Clarity, and Ambiguity, Pt 1
Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 19 seconds
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Dan Chaon on Incorporating Backstory, Creating Open Endings, and More
Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 1 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 10 seconds
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J.A. White on Writing Across a Large Canvas
Published: June 1, 2018, 1 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds
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Gemma Files on Using Personal Experience to Generate Horror Fiction, Pt 1
Published: April 2, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
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David Brin on Writing as Magic
Published: March 1, 2018, 1 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds
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Mark Gottlieb on The Elevator Pitch
Published: Dec. 1, 2017, 1 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 43 seconds
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Scott H. Andrews on Making Your Stories Stand Out
Published: Nov. 2, 2017, 1 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 16 seconds
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E.C. Ambrose on Writing Process, Characters, and Connecting Theme
Published: Oct. 1, 2017, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds
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Mary Robinette Kowal on Using the MACE Quotient, Pt 1
Published: May 1, 2017, 11 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds
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N. K. Jemisin on Micro Worldbuilding
Published: April 2, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
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Meagan Spooner on Characters
Published: March 3, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds
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Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem on Characters
Published: Feb. 1, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds
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Patricia Bray on Researching Your Story Elements, Pt 1
Published: Dec. 1, 2016, 7 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 7 seconds
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Scott H. Andrews on Magazine Submissions and Rejections, Pt 1
Published: Sept. 1, 2016, 1 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 35 seconds
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Kij Johnson on Scale and Complexity
Published: May 15, 2016, 11 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds
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Alma Alexander on Discovering and Developing Characters
Published: April 1, 2016, 11 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 42 seconds
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Kij Johnson on Choosing and Prioritizing Descriptive Detail
Published: March 4, 2016, 11 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 21 seconds
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Kij Johnson on Description
Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 11 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds
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Brendan DuBois on the Fantastic World of the Short Story
Published: Jan. 4, 2016, 11 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
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E.C. Ambrose on Making It Real, Pt 2
Published: Dec. 2, 2015, 1 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 11 seconds
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E.C. Ambrose on Making It Real, Pt 1
Published: Nov. 2, 2015, 1 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 38 seconds
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Alex Hughes on Productivity for Writers, Pt 2
Published: Oct. 2, 2015, 7 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
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Alex Hughes on Productivity for Writers, Pt 1
Published: Sept. 3, 2015, 7 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds
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Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner on Characterization, Pt 1
Published: May 2, 2015, 7 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds
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Gordon Van Gelder on the Fiction Publishing Market, Pt 1
Published: March 2, 2015, 7 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds
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Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem on Beginnings, Middles, Ends, and Structure, Pt 1
Published: Jan. 5, 2015, 7 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds
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Catherynne M. Valente on Openings and Titles
Published: Dec. 2, 2014, 11 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds
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Elizabeth Hand on Writing from Intense Experience
Published: Nov. 3, 2014, 11 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 39 seconds
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Alex Jablokov on How Character Functions Within Plot
Published: Sept. 5, 2014, 1 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds
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Holly Black on Creating a Magic System
Published: Aug. 3, 2014, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds
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Sheila Williams on Appealing Story Openings
Published: June 3, 2014, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds
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Nancy Holder on Short Story and Novel Contracts, Pt 1
Published: March 5, 2014, 11 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds
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Nancy Holder on the Secret to a Satisfying Short Story
Published: Feb. 4, 2014, 11 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 12 seconds
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Adam-Troy Castro on Writing the Middle-Grade Novel
Published: Jan. 2, 2014, 11 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 15 seconds
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Jack Ketchum on Don't Waste My Time
Published: Dec. 3, 2013, 11 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds
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Patricia Bray on Writing a Series, Pt 2
Published: Nov. 1, 2013, 7 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
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Patricia Bray on Writing a Series, Pt 1
Published: Oct. 2, 2013, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 36 seconds
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Jack Ketchum on Writing from the Wound
Published: Sept. 1, 2013, 11 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds
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Lane Robins on Information Dissemination
Published: March 3, 2013, 3 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds
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Lane Robins on Outlining
Published: Feb. 4, 2013, 3 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 27 seconds
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Craig Shaw Gardner on How to Make Characters Alive
Published: Jan. 1, 2013, 3 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds
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Barbara Ashford on Tension Headaches, Pt 2
Published: Nov. 2, 2012, 11 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 36 seconds
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Barbara Ashford on Tension Headaches, Pt 1
Published: Oct. 2, 2012, 11 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 43 seconds
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Barry B. Longyear on Imagination Building, Pt 2
Published: Sept. 1, 2012, 11 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds
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Barry B. Longyear on Imagination Building, Pt 1
Published: June 3, 2012, 11 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 22 seconds
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John Joseph Adams on the Short Fiction Market
Published: May 1, 2012, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds
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Gary A. Braunbeck on Establishing and Maintaining Emotional Realism, Pt 1
Published: March 1, 2012, 1 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 31 seconds
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Elizabeth Bear on Narrative Structure and Types of Plot, Pt 1
Published: Jan. 4, 2012, 1 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds
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Sheila Williams on the Short Fiction Market
Published: Dec. 5, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 44 seconds
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James Patrick Kelly on his Approach to Plot
Published: Dec. 4, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 58 seconds
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Theodora Goss on Finding Your Voices
Published: Nov. 3, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds
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Elaine Isaak on Description and Making Your Setting Real, Pt 1
Published: Sept. 3, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 23 seconds
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Bob Mayer on the Original Idea
Published: June 7, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds
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James Morrow on a Calypso Wheel Model for Fiction
Published: May 3, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds
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Michael A. Arnzen on Making the Reader Squirm: Sensory Immersion
Published: April 1, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes
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Elizabeth Hand on Creating Unsympathetic Characters
Published: March 3, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 27 seconds
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Laura Anne Gilman on Revision
Published: Feb. 2, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds
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David G. Hartwell on Titles and Other Writing Advice
Published: Jan. 3, 2011, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 1 second
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Gregory Frost on Viewpoint, Voice, and Psychic Distance, Pt 1
Published: Oct. 2, 2010, 1 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 38 seconds
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Alex Jablokov on Plot in Genre Fiction
Published: Sept. 3, 2010, 1 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds
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Ginjer Buchanan on Getting Your Novel Published
Published: July 4, 2010, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 34 seconds
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Carrie Vaughn on Settings Goals and Building a Writing Career
Published: June 3, 2010, 1 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 48 seconds
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Lori Perkins on What Agents Do
Published: May 3, 2010, 1 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 48 seconds
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Carrie Vaughn on Suspense and Pacing
Published: April 2, 2010, 1 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 31 seconds
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Carrie Vaughn on Ideas for Short Stories vs. Novels
Published: March 2, 2010, 7 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 24 seconds
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Jack Ketchum on Crafting Strong Openings
Published: Feb. 2, 2010, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 15 seconds
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Jeffrey Carver on Story Structure
Published: Jan. 4, 2010, 7 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 52 seconds
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Patricia Bray on the Protagonist-Sidekick Relationship, Pt 1
Published: Nov. 2, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 28 seconds
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Catherine Asaro on Developing a Scientific Novum for Your Story
Published: Oct. 2, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds
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P.D. Cacek on Debunking Alleged Truths About Writing
Published: Sept. 2, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 48 seconds
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Bruce Holland Rogers on Flash Fiction Structures, Pt 1
Published: June 2, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 3 seconds
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Allen Steele on Creating a World's Environment
Published: May 4, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds
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Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman on the Difference Between Writing a Novel and a Short Story
Published: April 2, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 48 seconds
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Jenny Rappaport on Writing a Strong Query Letter
Published: Feb. 25, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds
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Jenny Rappaport on How to Get an Agent
Published: Jan. 29, 2009, 7 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds
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Nancy Kress on Writing in Scenes
Published: Dec. 29, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds
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Melissa Scott on World-building--How to Show It
Published: Dec. 1, 2008, 5 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds
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James Maxey on Writing Strong Openings
Published: Nov. 2, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
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Barry B. Longyear on Revision and Writing Unique Stories
Published: Oct. 2, 2008, 11 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds
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Craig Shaw Gardner on Humor in Speculative Fiction
Published: Sept. 1, 2008, 3 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds
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Shawna McCarthy on Selling to Magazines
Published: July 1, 2008, 1 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds
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Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem on Theme and Idea
Published: June 2, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds
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Patricia McKillip on Fantastic Landscapes
Published: May 2, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds
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Thomas Monteleone on Writing for Anthologies
Published: April 2, 2008, 2 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 44 seconds
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Rodman Philbrick on Viewpoint
Published: March 3, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 10 seconds
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Michael A. Arnzen on Humor
Published: Feb. 4, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds
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Michael A. Burstein on The Plot Skeleton
Published: Jan. 4, 2008, 7 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 50 seconds
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Nina Kiriki Hoffman on Writing for Teens
Published: Dec. 3, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds
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Robert J. Sawyer on Is Your SF Element Extraneous?
Published: Nov. 2, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 44 seconds
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Elizabeth Hand on Using Personal Experience
Published: Oct. 2, 2007, 11 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds
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Christopher Golden on Setting the Scene
Published: Sept. 3, 2007, 4 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 59 seconds
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Terry Bisson on Setting
Published: June 29, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 23 seconds
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Melissa Scott on World-building Parameters
Published: May 30, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds
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Robert J. Sawyer on Point of View
Published: April 27, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds
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Gardner Dozois on Getting Published
Published: March 30, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds
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Jeff VanderMeer on Why Fantasy is Important
Published: Feb. 26, 2007, 7 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds
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Charles L. Grant on Characterization
Published: Jan. 27, 2007, 7 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 53 seconds
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