[updated 2/28/2024]

PROGRAM

World Building: It’s Not Just for Fantasy.

While World Building is often discussed as an essential building block for Fantasy and Science Fiction, it’s something every writer needs to address. Whether your story is set on a faraway planet, in an alternate reality, or in a small town in the real world, the right elements can make your setting come alive. Join Linda Winstead Jones for a discussion on how we can ask the right questions to make world building work for everyone.

Presented by Linda Winstead Jones: Linda Winstead Jones is the bestselling author of more than eighty romance novels and novellas across several sub-genres. She’s easily distracted by new characters and ideas and writes the stories that speak to her in the moment. Paranormal. Romantic Suspense. Twisted Fairy Tales. Cowboys. Her books are for readers who want to escape from reality for a while, who don’t mind the occasional trip into another world for a laugh, a chill, the occasional heartwarming tear.