| Type |
Program |
| Track(s) |
The Craft and Business of Writing |
| Description |
A common response to requests for increased representation of women/PoC in science fiction seems to be—we are just looking for good stories. Writers are concerned that, even absent overt discrimination, the themes they want to write about and the stories they want to tell will be dismissed as irrelevant to the white male audience. This doesn't really have anything to do with quality. What stories do readers wish they could see more of and what stories do they wish they never had to read again? How many technically proficient stories about nothing, and stories that are metaphorical for male orgasm, do we have to read, anyway? Why is it so hard to find stories about my experience? |
| Location |
Conference 4 |
| Schedule |
Sat, 10:30–11:45 pm |
| Panelists |
M: N. K. Jemisin. K. Tempest Bradford, Sumana Harihareswara, Rachel Kronick, Betsy Lundsten |
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