(This is a copy of the post before we updated with the video)

Good day fellow Equestrian Literati.

The Everfree Northwest Writing Track has run into a problem. We have too many writing panels, workshops, and chillouts to run for just one three-day con. And we don’t want to force people to stay up from dusk till dawn. That’s right, even with running events all day in a dedicated room we could not fit everything in without overlapping the events we want to run, or having our events at awkward times.

So we came up with a solution, online pre-con panels. This means that we will stream panels once a month until the con using some of the same panelists that will be attending the convention.

The first panel, on Setting, will livestream on Saturday April 26th, 2014 at 7:30 PM Pacific Time on our YouTube Stream channel, EverfreeNWStream. We have a crackerjack team consisting of Pen Stroke, Soundslikeponies, and Piquo Pie.

Setting, at its core, is "where the story happens," but establishing a convincing setting is difficult work. Here, we'll discuss how to make a believable world, how to take an existing one and make it your own, how to create a culture, consistency, the fanon/canon divide, and when/how to take a story away from source material without feeling forced.

A direct link to the stream will be provided on our social media a short time before the panel goes live.

Upcoming pre-con panels will feature, Plot, in May, and in June we will feature, Character.

And as always, keep up to date on the latest EFNW news (like the direct link for the panel stream) by visiting our website, liking us on Facebook, and following us on Twitter and tumblr.

See you there,
-Piquo Pie

I wish I had a good enough internet connection for this.

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This was actually a post from last years con.

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So confusing.