Updated 9/19/16 |
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| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 |
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Noon – 8:00 PM |
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| REGISTRATION OPEN | ||
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM |
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| Orientation | How to make the Most of the Conference |
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2 PM – 3:30 PM |
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| Read & Critique |
Read, Critique & Live to Write Another Day | Hooks & Perkins |
| Craft | Authorial Voice: Do You Have or Need One? | Whitsitt |
| Craft | The Long and Short of Storytelling |
Michaels |
| Business/Alt. | The Agony-Free Artist Statement | Williams |
3:40 PM – 5:10 PM |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre | Wills |
| Craft | Getting to the Heart of Women’s Fiction | Thomas |
| Craft | First Sight: Using Images to Evoke Emotion | Pallamary |
| Business/Alt. | Pitch Witches: What’s Your Book About? | Miller & Redmond |
| Business/Alt. | Master Class: Editors’ Tricks To Grow Your Writing |
Jenkins |
5:15 PM – 7:00 PM |
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| NO-HOST MIXER & BOOKSIGNING | ||
7:15 PM – 8:00 PM |
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| WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS | ||
8:00 PM – 8:40 PM “ROGUE” WORKSHOPS |
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| EVENING SPEAKER: GWENDOLYN WOMACK |
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9:00 PM – ON “ROGUE” WORKSHOPS |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre | Pallamary |
| Read & Critique | All-Genre | Taylor |
| Read & Critique | Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Hooks & Perkins |
| Read & Critique | Cold Openings: Your First Five Pages | Miller |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 |
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7:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
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| REGISTRATION OPEN | ||
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM |
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| MORNING SPEAKER: LISA BRACKMANN |
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9 AM – 10:30 AM |
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| Read & Critique | Pitch Witches: Query Letter Critique | Miller & Redmond |
| Craft | Turning Your Real-life Experiences into a Book | Wills |
| Craft | Novel Intensive: Concept and Genre | Grigorian & Thomas |
| Business/Alt. | First Pages Forward | Whitsitt |
| Path to Publish | Self-Publishing from A to Z: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Your Own Way |
Carline |
| One-on-One | Advance Submission Appointments | Various |
10:40 AM – 12:10 PM |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre |
Wills |
| Craft | Best Foot Forward: Polishing to Impress 1 | Jenkins |
| Craft | Novel Intensive: Structure and Beats | Grigorian & Thomas |
| Business/Alt. | Dreaming of Publication: Not Just for Sleeping | Wagman-Geller |
| Path to Publish | The Tao of Book Publicity: Book Promotion Strategies that Work! |
Margulies |
| One-on-One | Advance Submission Appointments | Various |
12:10 PM – 1:00 PM |
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| LUNCH ON YOUR OWN | ||
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre | Miller |
| Craft | Speak Memory | Reeves |
| Craft | Novel Intensive: Opening, Act II, Midpoint and Closing | Grigorian & Thomas |
| Business/Alt. | Killer Queries & Snappy Synopses: The Key to Getting a Request | Wills |
| Path to Publish | Something to Talk About: Speaking Publicly About Your Book |
Carline |
| One-on-One | Advance Submission Appointments | Various |
2:40 PM – 4:10 PM |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre |
Reeves |
| Craft | Accidental Anchors | Williams |
| Craft | Novel Intensive: Dialogue, Character, Theme and Arc |
Grigorian & Thomas |
| Bueiness/Alt. | Transformative Narrative: A Shamanic Approach to Story |
Pallamary |
| Path to Publish | Indie Excellence: Glocalization and the Key to Survival |
Taylor |
| One-on-One | Advance Submission Appointments | Various |
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM |
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| AGENTS PANEL: THE STATE OF PUBLISHING | ||
6:45 PM – 8:00 PM |
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| SCWC BANQUET | ||
8:00 PM – 8:45 PM |
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| EVENING SPEAKER: MATTHEW QUIRK |
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9:00 PM – ON “ROGUE” WORKSHOPS |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre | Pallamary |
| Read & Critique | All-Genre | Taylor |
| Read & Critique | Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Hooks & Perkins |
| Read & Critique | Story Lab: Applying Novel Intensive Concepts to Your Work | Grigorian & Thomas |
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 |
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8:30 AM – NOON |
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| REGISTRATION OPEN | ||
7:00 AM – 8:45 AM |
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| EARLY “BARD” READ & CRITIQUE WORKSHOP | ||
9 AM – 10:30 AM |
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| Read & Critique | ALL-Genre | Pallamary |
| Craft | To Be Announced |
TBA |
| Craft | Memoirs, Privacy and Family Matters | Huth |
| Business/Alt. | The Science of Storytelling: How Neuroscience Can Help Us Tell Better Stories | Monroe |
| Path to Publish | $0 to Six-figures in 7 ‘Not-So-Easy’ Steps |
Burrell |
| One-on-One | Advance Submission Appointments | Various |
10:40 AM – 12:10 PM |
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| Read & Critique | All-Genre |
Burrell |
| Craft | Backstory: Employing Expository Like a Screenwriter |
Redmond |
| Craft | Nonfiction for Newbies: Is it a Book or Not? | Miller |
| Business/Alt. | Best Foot Forward: Polishing to Impress 2 | Jenkins |
| Path to Publish | Write from the Heart |
Michaels |
| One-on-One | Advance Submission Appointments | Various |
12:20 PM – 1:00 PM |
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| AFTERNOON SPEAKER: TOM HUTH |
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1:15 PM – 1:30 PM |
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| AWARDS & FAREWELL | ||
Schedule subject to change without notice. |
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