An excerpt from excerpt from the question and answer session Dan Chaon held with Odyssey in the summer of 2018 about incorporating backstory, creating open endings, staying innovative and creative, and about his own writing process.

Dan Chaon on Incorporating Backstory, Creating Open Endings, and More

The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a nonprofit with the mission of helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work. To fulfill our mission, we offer Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, an intensive, one-on-one online program, customized for each student. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers and guest critiquers. We also offer five-week online writing classes each winter; webinars, critiques, consultations, and coaching year-round, and many free resources. These podcasts are excerpts from guest lectures at our workshop and from our online classes. For more information on Odyssey, visit odysseyworkshop.org.

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