6pm Dragon Room

Adept Icarus Interview and Q&A: Arium RPG and Kickstarter

William Munn, Natasha Ence, Drew Gerken, JJ Safley (Interviewer)

Arium is a unique new tabletop role-playing game that successfully funded at over 2000% of its initial goal on Kickstarter just a few weeks ago. Arium is designed in two books to let you and your friends first create a world together (attention writers!) and then play in that world. Join us for an interview and Q&A with Adept Icarus owner/lead designer Will Munn, Arium co-designer/writer Natasha Ence, and Arium co-writer Drew Gerken. We’ll talk about the game and what it takes to launch a successful Kickstarter campaign for tabletop roleplaying games.

6pm Cat Room

Horror and Humor in Writing

Amy White, C Rae D’Arc, J. Scott Savage, Michalbrent Collings, Scott R. Parkin (Moderator)

Discussing how to write horror and humor well and why they often go together. Exploring ways to incorporate them into your writing and how to have them complement each other.

6pm Rocket Room

Star Navy Force Structure Review

Stephan Fassmann

An approach to defining the roles of a star navy for use with your stellar civilization and interstellar wars.

7pm Dragon Room

Copyediting for Immersive Worldbuilding

Kristy S. Gilbert

You’ve built a world for your story, but have you thought about how to present that world’s elements on the page? Not all dragons must be Dragons, and imaginary worlds feel more real with internal consistency. Learn how to use capitalization, italics, and linguistic consistency to help immerse readers in your world the way your characters experience it. Then learn how to communicate your choices to any editors you work with on your book, whether you’re self-publishing or using a traditional publisher.

7pm Cat Room

Matching Hero Types with Villain Types to Create Great Conflict

J. Scott Savage

One of the best ways to write an engaging story is to create powerful conflicts. And what better way to create conflict than pitting your MC against a formidable villain? But what makes a great villain? It depends on what kind of hero you have. Is it the Pure Hero? The Anti-hero? The Everyman? The Unlikely Hero? Based on that, what type of villain would
create the type of conflict you are looking for.

J. Scott Savage examines classic hero and villain types based on a series of categories and explains how to match them to create the type of story you want.

7pm Rocket Room

Samples from Freestyle Gargoyles (AKA Music and the Spook-en Word)

Paul Genesse and Michaelbrent Collings

Think David Niven meets Lloyd Newell, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra meets Monster Mash. Join us for samples from a previous “Freestyle Gargoyles” improv concert, with music performed by the Rustmonster band directed by Craig Nybo. Rustmonster provides an improv sound-track for two humorous/horror stories written and read by well-known local authors Paul Genesse and Michaelbrent Collings. You’ll love their Halloween performances.

8pm Dragon Room

DJ Butler Interview and Q&A

DJ Butler

Perfect for fans and aspiring creators alike. Learn more about DJ Butler and his thoughts on being a creative professional. We’ll discuss everything from his singing career to his dislike of Harry Potter – and get some pro tips along the way. A Q&A session will follow.

8pm Cat Room

TAKE MY DEATH AWAY – Sneak Peak Selections from a new spooky Halloween musical and romantic comedy

Stephen and Teresa Gashler

Our LTUE Octoberfest sampling of Take My Death Away is an enchanting combination of haunting melodies, upbeat bluegrass music and storytelling about the musical.

Story Synopsis
Turn of the twentieth-century rural America, engaged couple David and Sadie, face tragedy when David suddenly dies. But, can death stop David’s unconquerable spirit and love for Sadie? He teams up with a spirit-guide on the other side who is willing to help him try to find a way back. The journey is fraught with peril. It may even take a pact (with an agent of the devil) to get back in time before another man convinces Sadie to marry him.

The full musical debuts this October (Halloween) at the Angelus Theatre in Spanish Fork.

8pm Rocket Room

Evermore: The Theory Behind the Experience

Evermore Creative Team

Join the Evermore Creative team to learn how they use game theory to steer their story and explore how they create an interactive space for roleplay and storytelling, all while predicting their audience.