Learn effective ways to bulk up or pare down your stories, long or short, so that your work will always line up with editorial guidelines, genre expectations, and your own goals as a writer. You will learn why word count is important, the pros and cons of writing stories of different lengths, ways to evaluate your writing processes to effectively meet word count requirements, and editorial tips and tricks to keep your stories on track no matter what.
This should be a great take on a topic not often discussed.
Presenter Lauren C. Teffeau has been writing professionally for over a decade in a variety of genres. Much of her published work focuses on environmental issues, examines the role of technology in our lives, and centers women’s voices through fantastical adventures and immersive worlds. Her novella A Hunger with No Name came out last fall from University of Tampa Press. Named a definitive work of climate fiction by Grist, her novel Implanted (2018, Angry Robot) was a finalist for the 2019 Compton Crook award for best first SF/F/H novel. She’s had over twenty short stories appear in speculative fiction magazines and anthologies, with more to come.
The program will be Saturday, September 27, 2025. The chapter meeting will begin at 11:00am (Mountain Time), with the program scheduled to start at 11:30am (Mountain Time). It will be a hybrid meeting, meaning you can attend either in-person or via Zoom. We will meet in person at Bear Canyon Senior Center, 4645 Pitt Street NE, Albuquerque. Since this program will NOT be recorded, please plan to attend either in person or via Zoom.
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