Chapter 21 Con

Couple of highlights from the Zoom chat during #Ch1Con today:

And thank you so much to our speakers as well! Please check out writing by @halcyonpen @CThompsWrites @EnnisRook @ananyad12 @dancingofpens. They were all amazing speakers!

Thank you everyone for attending #Ch1Con this year! We know it was a bit chaotic due to the hybrid nature of the con, but we had a great time! Attendees, keep an eye out for an email with conference materials and info about your prizes!

Ask Us Anything panel is LIVE! Feel free to tweet any questions at us or ask questions in the YouTube live chat here: youtube.com/watch?v=VWzf90…

Don't worry, #Ch1Con attendees: the Ask Us Anything panel is about to begin at this link: youtube.com/watch?v=VWzf90…

@dancingofpens @halcyonpen @CThompsWrites @ananyad12 @EnnisRook Almost forgot the link! The panel will be streaming from this link: youtu.be/VWzf90j_Gug

The Ask Us Anything panel will be live-streaming publicly at 3 PM Central (4 PM Eastern). @dancingofpens, @halcyonpen, @CThompsWrites, @ananyad12, and @EnnisRook will be answering questions from in-person attendees, YouTube live chat, and Twitter! Anyone is free to watch it

"You're allowed to push back on your editor... It's your book" - @dancingofpens' discussion of self-advocacy in publishing is excellent #Ch1Con

For any remote attendees: We mixed up the time zone and thought the Ask Anything panel was an hour earlier than it was. It will be an hour from now. Right now, we're doing an attendee read-aloud in the Zoom call. If you're an attendee and you want the link, let us know! #Ch1Con

@kirabauthor We are SO sorry the panel actually starts at 3PM CST. Right now is the attendee read aloud, which you will be getting the link to shortly

"In poetry, there's nowhere to hide. There's just your words, your lines, the white space" - good point from @halcyonpen on how poetry can help inform your ability with prose editing

Two different approaches to writing for prompts from @CThompsWrites and from @halcyonpen: brainstorming and taking ideas from your life and passions, or procrastinating until an idea arrives to you. Guess which one Ch21Con director @ArielKalati tends to go for #Ch1Con

@halcyonpen brings up a great benefit to writer's workshops- people will be forced to read your work. LOL. That's definitely worth it #Ch1Con

@CThompsWrites @TheERRose Second moral, as @TheERRose says: "Just because your writing professor says it, doesn't mean it's true" #Ch1Con A great point! Some professors are amazing, but they're not omnipotent

@CThompsWrites and @TheERRose sharing their creative writing class story with the moral: you don't have to relate to a story you're critiquing, but that doesn't mean no one relates to it. Don't assume a writer's experience is "wrong" #Ch1Con

@CThompsWrites @halcyonpen When considering criticism, remember to be true to yourself! Good point #Ch1Con

@CThompsWrites @halcyonpen Advice from @CThompsWrites : "Be discerning about whose advice you take to heart, and whose advice you take on with you to revision" #Ch1Con

Interesting to hear about the academic side of creative writing in this panel with @CThompsWrites and @halcyonpen! #Ch1Con

Our panel with @halcyonpen and @CThompsWrites is about to begin! #Ch1Con

"You can take something you like a lot, change it, and then make your own thing"- @dancingofpens' advice on "stealing" from media you like #Ch1Con