Oxonmoot 2024: Full Schedule

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1:30am BST

So You Want to Write Fanfiction: Writing to the Word Count

Saturday August 31, 2024 1:30am - 2:30am BST

Writing swaps and gifting exchanges, Discord challenges, claiming events, fandom weeks on Tumblr – so many events exist to encourage creativity. Almost all of these have deadlines and minimum word counts. Various studies have shown that up to 95% of people are procrastinators, even when deadlines and goals are involved. Attend this presentation for tips on how to plan out stories so that the creative experience does not become overwhelming. This presentation is also helpful for anyone who has considered running a fanfiction event, to get an idea of the timeline involved for authors, which helps to successfully set up the start and end times for events.

Speakers

Zhie

Tears Unnumbered Pub

Zhie has been an academic librarian for over two decades and teaching at the college level for nearly twenty-five years. While most contributions have been derivative fandom works and creation of STEAM-based OER for use in makerspaces and classrooms, activities have also included... Read More →

Saturday August 31, 2024 1:30am - 2:30am BST
0.1 Online Only (Meeting Strand)

Online, Drop-in

Interests Crafts

9:30am BST

Craft Room

Saturday August 31, 2024 9:30am - 12:45pm BST

2 - The Cottage of Lost Play (Craft) & Online (Meeting Strand)

Drop in to the Craft Room in person or online to join Anne for chat and sharing of activities.

Lots of ideas will be available for you to try, or just enjoy the company.

Speakers

Anne Gooding

Anne joined the Tolkien Society in 2012 for the Return of the Ring and attended her first Oxonmoot that year. The Cottage of Lost Play (or the Art and Craft Room) started in 2013 as a space for fun. She first picked up LoTR as a teenager. She can’t remember when she first read The... Read More →

Saturday August 31, 2024 9:30am - 12:45pm BST
2 - The Cottage of Lost Play (Craft) & Online (Meeting Strand)

Hybrid, Presented in Oxford

Interests Crafts

1:45pm BST

Craft Room

Saturday August 31, 2024 1:45pm - 3:00pm BST

2 - The Cottage of Lost Play (Craft) & Online (Meeting Strand)

Drop in to the Craft Room in person or online to join Anne for chat and sharing of activities.

Lots of ideas will be available for you to try, or just enjoy the company.

Speakers

Anne Gooding

Saturday August 31, 2024 1:45pm - 3:00pm BST
2 - The Cottage of Lost Play (Craft) & Online (Meeting Strand)

Hybrid, Presented in Oxford

Interests Crafts