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Writers of the Future
Feb. 24th, 2005 09:24 pmYes, Virginia, it's still snowing. It's supposed to stop sometime overnight. When I left for the CVS meeting, the sidewalks weren't too bad. Now the snow is starting to stick in some places. And I've heard one report suggesting more may be coming next week. Obviously winter around here shows up fashionably late.
For CVS, we had two winners from the "Writers of the Future" contest. Bill Katz won the grand prize in the latest contest and even showed off his shiny trophy. Jonathan Laden brought the framed illustration for his third place story, drawn by the winner of the "Illustrator of the Future" contest. They started off by telling us a lot about the contest, how it worked, and what happened if you won. I remember when the contest first started. I had considered entering back then, but I've never gotten around to it.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
whytcrow entered for the first quarter, so we'll see if I can muster something for one of the others. I was actually more impressed by them describing the process, especially undergoing the workshop in LA after you won. There was a lot more behind the scenes than just you win and get in the anthology. They also talked about writing in general and how to approach short stories, especially things to look for in first pages. I've heard the "jump right in" type of advice and I tend to like those writers, who dump you into a world and allow you to absorb stuff as you're going along. kaygo's Jani Kilian books are a good example of this. On the other hand, I tried it to bad effect with one of my submission for the Gotham sf writing class. I still have to rethink whether it's better to start where I wanted to initially...
For CVS, we had two winners from the "Writers of the Future" contest. Bill Katz won the grand prize in the latest contest and even showed off his shiny trophy. Jonathan Laden brought the framed illustration for his third place story, drawn by the winner of the "Illustrator of the Future" contest. They started off by telling us a lot about the contest, how it worked, and what happened if you won. I remember when the contest first started. I had considered entering back then, but I've never gotten around to it.
whytcrow entered for the first quarter, so we'll see if I can muster something for one of the others. I was actually more impressed by them describing the process, especially undergoing the workshop in LA after you won. There was a lot more behind the scenes than just you win and get in the anthology. They also talked about writing in general and how to approach short stories, especially things to look for in first pages. I've heard the "jump right in" type of advice and I tend to like those writers, who dump you into a world and allow you to absorb stuff as you're going along. kaygo's Jani Kilian books are a good example of this. On the other hand, I tried it to bad effect with one of my submission for the Gotham sf writing class. I still have to rethink whether it's better to start where I wanted to initially...
