Welcome to the Master Class schedule for Fyrecon and Fyrelites. The schedule will be updated as guests are confirmed and their classes finalized. Please check back often. These Master Classes are in-depth sessions, in 4 hour sessions. The multi-part sessions may or may not be registered for individually depending on the workshop.
For the Main Schedule, please check here.
For events and other activities, please see this page.
The schedule is subject to change until May 15th or in case of emergency.
Fyrecon 6 Master Workshops, November 10-13, 2021
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Fyrecon Master Workshop
Tools, Not Rules for Story Structure
4 Hour Master Workshop for $99
(includes Whole Conference general admission to Fyrecon)
Class is limited to 25 students
Class Date
Friday, November 11, 2022, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Mountain Time
At Fyrecon 6
In this workshop, we’ll introduce tools (not rules) that apply to fiction structure in general, but with an emphasis on short stories. Some of the topics we’ll cover include:
Structures (4 Hours)
- Openings.
- Try/Fail Cycles.
- Scenes and Sequels.
- Endings.
Exercise: Writing a Try/Fail/Sequel.
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Fyrecon Master Workshop
How to Write Winning Stories that Take the Gold
4 Hour Master Workshop for $99
(includes Whole Conference general admission to Fyrecon)
Class is limited to 20 students
Class Date
Friday, November 11, 2022, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Mountain Time
At Fyrecon 6
Tired of spinning your wheels? Every trick from Wulf Moon’s secret book to teach you how to write stories that will launch you from aspiring writer to published writer to pro. Start your engines! This is the award-winning course that changed the lives of aspiring writers as they lined up on the starting line and wrote stories that won the gold!
Former students have accredited the Secrets shared in this course as the reason they got their first pro sale, their Writers of the Future Contest win, and more!
You will learn:
- How to build Formula One stories from the ground up that go from zero to sixty in 2.3 seconds.
- The secret to making your reader embrace your hero behind the wheel and stay with them to the finish line.
- How to streamline your machine so it’s lean and mean. Learn tricks of the trade to change your fate by tossing dead weight!
- Where to find the publishing racetracks that will give your stories the best chance to win the gold!
- What the best professional drivers–wait!, that’s writers–do to stay in the race for the long haul so that they never crash, never tire out, and never give up!
- Suit up. Come prepared with writing materials because you are writers and *you* will be in the driver’s seat.
START. YOUR. ENGINES!
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Fyrecon Master Workshop
Creature Feature
4 Hour Master Workshop for $99
(includes Whole Conference general admission to Fyrecon)
Class is limited to 12 students
Class Date
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Mountain Time
At Fyrecon 6
Credible aliens that readers believe are built the same way you build credible characters — by providing the types of details necessary, and by thinking through the backstory. Or, in this case, the life story.
Join Julie E. Czerneda for an interactive workshop on developing and writing non-human characters who will leap from your pages. Bring your imagination and a plant (or vegetable). There will be time to address specific creature problems you may be encountering in your current WIP.
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Fyrecon Master Workshop
Lyrical Writing: The Taste and Texture of Prose
4 Hour Master Workshop for $99
(includes Whole Conference general admission to Fyrecon)
Class is limited to 20 students
Class Date
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM Mountain Time
At Fyrecon 6
Explore the sound, rhythm, and flow of prose with Hugo and Astounding nominee Kary English. First we’ll take a deep dive into the science of sound and the mouthfeel of prose. We’ll cover the use of literary devices such as alliteration, assonance, and scansion to enhance the mood and beauty of prose. Then we’ll look at examples from Tolkien, Emily Dickinson, and Rodgers & Hammerstein. We’ll have some fun with Shakespearean insults, and Kary will suggest avenues for further study. Students should bring two sentences, from their own work or that of others, that they find beautiful.
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Fyrecon Master Workshop
Tools, Not Rules for Story Strategies
4 Hour Master Workshop for $99
(includes Whole Conference general admission to Fyrecon)
Class is limited to 25 students
Class Date
Sunday, November 13, 2022, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Mountain Time
At Fyrecon 6
In this workshop, we’ll introduce tools (not rules) that apply to how you write fiction in general, but with an emphasis on short stories. Some of the topics we’ll cover include:
Methods
- Revising.
- Planning.
- Pantsing.
- Panning for Gold.
- Submit It!