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SCWC*LA14 (IN IRVINE) DAILY SCHEDULE
Updated 9/19/16
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Noon – 8:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Orientation How to make the Most of the Conference

2 PM – 3:30 PM
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
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
NO-HOST MIXER & BOOKSIGNING

7:15 PM – 8:00 PM
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

8:00 PM – 8:40 PM “ROGUE” WORKSHOPS
EVENING SPEAKER: GWENDOLYN WOMACK

9:00 PM – ON “ROGUE” WORKSHOPS
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

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN

7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
MORNING SPEAKER: LISA BRACKMANN

9 AM – 10:30 AM
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
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
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
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
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
AGENTS PANEL: THE STATE OF PUBLISHING

6:45 PM – 8:00 PM
SCWC BANQUET

8:00 PM – 8:45 PM
EVENING SPEAKER: MATTHEW QUIRK

9:00 PM – ON “ROGUE” WORKSHOPS
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

8:30 AM – NOON
REGISTRATION OPEN

7:00 AM – 8:45 AM
EARLY “BARD” READ & CRITIQUE WORKSHOP

9 AM – 10:30 AM
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
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
AFTERNOON SPEAKER: TOM HUTH

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
AWARDS & FAREWELL

Schedule subject to change without notice.