CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, August 6, 2010
Presented in partnership with Florida Writers Association
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7:30 a.m.
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Registration
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome remarks
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| 9:00 a.m. |
General Session Workshop What Every Writer Should Never Forget, Steve Berry, N.Y. Times Bestselling author of The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Alexandria Link, The Venetian Betrayal and many more.
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BREAK |
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
10:30 a.m. |
Remember Me: What Makes
a Powerful Memoir?
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Carol O’Dell |
10:30 a.m. |
Online Social Networking for the Reluctant and Confused |
Mary Ann
de Stefano |
10:30 a.m. |
Characters on the Couch, Creating Characters from the Inside Out
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Sharon Y. Cobb
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| Noon |
LUNCH with Keynote Speaker
Adrian Fogelin, The Writer's Journey |
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
1:20 p.m. |
Climbing the Mountain: How I Learned to Juggle Life as a Father, Husband, Struggling Writer & Managed to Sell a Movie to NBC |
Dante Amodeo
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1:20 p.m |
From Act One to Curtain Call: The Craft of Playwriting |
Veronica Hart |
1:20 p.m |
Getting the Gig: Marketing Secrets for Children’s Authors
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Darrell House
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| 2:35 p.m. |
BREAK |
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
2:45 p.m. |
Writing for the YA (Young Adult) Market |
Adrian Fogelin |
2:45 p.m. |
Put a Guerilla On Your Marketing Team |
Victor DiGenti |
2:45 p.m. |
Understanding Point of View and Using It Effectively
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Julie Compton
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| 4:00 p.m. |
BREAK |
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
4:10 p.m. |
7-7-7 — 7 Skills, 7 Exercises,
7 Minutes |
Sandra McDonald |
4:10 p.m.
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The Reader Wants It: Narrative Desire and the Plotting of Mysteries |
Michael Wiley |
4:10 p.m. |
The Top Ten Reasons Why Editors Reject a Non-Fiction Proposal (and How Authors Can Avoid this Fate)
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John Byram |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Book Signings, Wine & Opening Reception |
Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8, 2010
Weekend Critique Workshops
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CRITIQUE WORKSHOP LEADERS |
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General Fiction |
James M. Wilson
Sohrab Homi Fraces
Vic DiGenti |
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YA (Young Adult)
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Kristin Harmel
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Children’s (Picture & Chapter Books)
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TBA |
General Non-Fiction
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Carol O’Dell |
Memoir/Oral History
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Thelma Young |
Screenwriting
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John Boles |
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Saturday, August 7, 2010 |
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9:00 a.m.
to noon
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Saturday Morning Critique Workshops |
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noon to
1:00 p.m.
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Lunch |
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1:00 to
4:30 p.m.
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Saturday Afternoon Critique Workshops
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Sunday, August, 8, 2010 |
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9:00 a.m.
to noon
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Sunday Morning Critique
Workshops |
noon to
1:00 p.m.
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Lunch
Speaker: Mary W. Bridgman, Redefining Success
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1:15 to
2:45 p.m. |
First Page Panel |
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2:45. to
3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:00 to
4:00 p.m.
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Workshop: Submitting Your Written Pitch To The Book & Film Deal Connection |
4:00 p.m. |
Closing Comments - Conference Ends
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