We Do The Work (WisCon 33 panel)

We Do The Work

The Craft and Business of Writing (Spirituality, Organized Religion and Politics) • Friday 4:00 - 5:15PM • Conference 4

SF writers are supposed to be good at building compelling and believable worlds. So why is it so hard to build a world featuring working class characters in working class settings, especially given that a lot of SF writers come from that kind of background? What has worked, for you? What hasn't? Who clearly hasn't tried? Who has tried, but failed spectacularly? SF fans have done a good job of demanding better–written women and minorities in SF; what about their working class counterparts?

M: Fred Schepartz, Eleanor A. Arnason, Chris Hill, Michael J. Lowrey, Diana Sherman

Panel reports

• We do the work: panel on working class in SF by Liz Henry
• We Do The Work. by Jae Leslie