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Conference Schedule
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This
will be the daytime schedule for each day |
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8:30-10:00 a.m. |
Creative Non-Fiction and
Writing to Inspire |
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10:15-11:45 a.m. |
Journaling to a Memoir and A
Recipe for Writing for Children |
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11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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Lunch
- June 26 Special Author Luncheon $12 |
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12:45-2:15 p.m. |
Writing Popular Fiction |
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2:30-4:00 p.m. |
Seeing Up
Close: Reading and Making Poems
and Freelancing for
the Fiction Writer |
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4:15-5:45 p.m. |
Short Fiction and
Discovering the Story: Writing the
Personal Essay |
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6:30-8:45 p.m. |
June 25 and 26
From Aliens to Zombies: The
A-to-Z of Writing and Selling Horror and Science Fiction |
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7:00
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June
25---Panel of successful local authors-"Everything You Ever Wanted
to Know About Agents". This will take place at the Midwest
Writing Center and is free to all conference participants.
7.p.m. |
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7:00-9:00 p.m. |
June
26—Faculty book sale, signing, and readings by both faculty and
participants at the Midwest Writing Center |
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6:00-8:00 p.m. |
June
27—Conference Awards Reception at St. Ambrose. A ticket is
necessary. |
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Conference Fees
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Go
to the Registration Form |
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Early Bird Registration - register before June 14 |
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$50 for one
workshop, $135 for 3 workshops, $175 for 4-6 workshops |
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After June 14 |
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$60 for one
workshop, $150 for 3 workshops, $200 for 4-6 workshops |
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June
27-Conference
Awards Reception free with full conference registration otherwise
$12 per person. |
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Rooms--$30 per
night |
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Workshop Descriptions |
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A RECIPE FOR WRITING FOR CHILDREN
Connie Heckert
Take one kid character and add a problem he or
she can solve. So how hard can it be to write for children? This
class will be based on the interests of the participants. Fiction
and Nonfiction Picturebooks, Chapter Books, Novels . . . information
and class content will be personalized as much as possible to
answer, inspire and motivate. Overheads, power point presentations
and examples from personal work and others in the field will
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From Aliens to Zombies: The
A-to-Z of Writing and Selling Horror & Science Fiction
Mark McLaughlin
This two-evening workshop will cover the A-to-Z of
writing and selling horror and science-fiction stories. Participants
are encouraged to bring their own stories for discussion and review.
Topics covered will include: plotting your stories; character
development; overused ideas to avoid; markets for selling stories;
the 'how-to' of selling a story; cover letters; and editor etiquette
- interacting with editors. |
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Freelancing for the Fiction Writer
Felicia
Schneiderhan
"Freelancing for the Fiction
Writer" will connect literary techniques with the business of
freelancing, giving a broad, experiential overview of forms, craft,
and how to get your work in print. |
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Discovering the Story: Writing
the Personal Essay"
Felicia
Schneiderhan
This workshop will focus on the
nuances in form and content in the personal essay, one of the most
popular forms of literary writing today. Participants will complete
a draft of a personal essay in class and begin a rewrite. This is an
intensive workshop, and writing between classes and preliminary
reading is required. |
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Writing Popular Fiction
Susan Carroll
and Kimberly Cates
This course will cover the craft
of writing novels that sell. Topics to be discussed will be honing
your manuscript for submission to publishers, finding the right
market and ways to make your story grab an editor’s attention. We
will also cover the importance of plot, characterization and how to
pack more suspense and emotion into your novel. |
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Writing to Inspire
Twila Belk
Words have the power to change lives. They can offer
hope, encouragement, and help. They can stimulate people's minds and
stir their souls. Words can make people laugh, cry, and see things
from a different perspective. In the Writing to Inspire workshop, we
will discuss how to go about it; how to write effectively to have
the most impact; where to come up with material; the different
markets; and resources. Of course, there will be plenty of time for
questions. |
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'Short
Fiction'
David
McFarland
We will cover all aspects of story writing,
from the initial conception, the writing and revision process, to
marketing the completed manuscript. |
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Journaling To A Memoir
Joanne
Wiklund
The use of Themed Journaling can help
writers focus their thoughts about their life or the story they want
to tell. Whether a writer is telling a personal story or someone
else¹s, journaling can be the portal to promising work on memoir. In
this class, we will discover the difference between autobiography
and memoir, and use journaling to encourage ourselves and others.
Preserving stories for families or the whole world is important to
our society and to ourselves. Join us as we explore the world of
journaling and memoir. |
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Creative
nonfiction
Dr. Ann Boaden
It’s a hot genre in writing
workshops today because it lets you borrow methods from other art
forms to communicate real life! In this workshop we’ll explore why
writers move from fiction and poetry to creative nonfiction, and
what they take with them when they do. We’ll look at some of the
forms creative nonfiction is assuming these days—memoir, immersion
journalism, personal essay among them—and give you plenty of chances
to experiment with your own creative nonfiction. |
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"Seeing Up Close:
Reading and Making Poems"
Rebecca Wee
These workshops aim to help you
generate new work. Part of that process will involve reading and
discussing poetry by established poets, and we will also discuss
interpretation, revision strategies, ways to get your poems into the
world, how to contend with writer's block and other writers'
questions you may wish to raise. But the focus will be on bringing
new poetry to the page. |
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