We’ll explore various games, prompts, and exercises you can use to plan or discover your story and your world.
The Jazz Sessions
You can view past Jazz Sessions below, as well as previews of upcoming sessions.
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07/13/2025 Jazz Session 11 – The Goal Game and Other Games for Discovering Your Story
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07/06/2025 Jazz Session 10 – How Long is a Piece of String?
We’ll examine story lengths by genre. We’ll also look at techniques for writing longer or shorter.
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06/29/2025 Jazz Session 9 – Ruthless Consistency: World Building by Accretion
We’ll explore ways to do world building on an as needed basis.
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06/22/2025 Jazz Session 8 – On Being a Dictator: Using Dictation to be a Better Writer
We explored methods, tools, and goals for dictating your writing.
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06/15/2025 Jazz Session 7 – 12 Things That Aren’t Writer’s Block
We looked at the real problems commonly called “Writer’s Block”, including how to recognize them and how to address them.
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06/08/2025 Jazz Session 6 – A Tribute to Dave Wolverton
This was our sixth Jazz Session. Our subject: A Tribute to Dave Wolverton. Also, sadly, to Barry Longyear, whom we lost last month.
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06/01/2025 Jazz Session 5 – The Heart of the Story: Humanity in Science Fiction (and Beyond)
This was our fifth Jazz Session. Our subject: The Heart of the Story: Humanity in Science Fiction (and Beyond).
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05/25/2025 Jazz Session 4 – Not On Your Life! Why I’m Not Signing That Contract
This was our fourth Jazz Session. Our subject: Not On Your Life! Why I’m Not Signing That Contract.
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05/18/2025 Jazz Session 3 – She Blinded Me with Science (Enough to Fool Them)
This was our third Jazz Session. Our subject: She Blinded Me with Science (Enough to Fool Them).
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05/11/2025 Jazz Session 2 – Where Do I Sell This Thing?
This was our second Jazz Session. Our subject: Where Do I Sell This Thing?
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05/04/2025 Jazz Session 1 – The South Park Secret
This was our first Jazz Session. Our subject: The South Park Secret: Writing Solid Stories.
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