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FRIDAY,
August 24, 2007
8:00
a.m.
REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
FOLLOWED
BY WELCOME (Angela
Palazzolo)
(see Features/Schedule
page)
9:00
- 10:00 a.m.
THE
AUTHOR/EDITOR/AGENT RELATIONSHIP: CONNECTING
THE DOTS
(Helen Atsma)
WEARING
THE EDITOR'S HAT
(Jack
Heffron)
ELEMENTS
OF A CAREER NOVELIST (Paige
Wheeler)
HOW
TO WRITE A REALISTIC CRIME SCENE (Lee
Lofland)
WRITING AND MARKETING POETRY (David Baker)
SO
YOU WANT TO BE A FREELANCE MAGAZINE WRITER:
HERE'S
HOW TO GET STARTED (Lori
Murray)
10:15
- 11:15 a.m.
HE
SAID, SHE SAID: AN AUTHOR AND EDITOR TALK ABOUT
WRITING AND REVISING
A NOVEL (Sally
Kim, Lee
Martin)
DEALING
WITH "PLATFORM": WHEN YOU NEED ONE, WHEN
YOU DON'T, AND
BUILDING YOUR NONFICTION CAREER
(Peter
Lynch)
HOW
TO PRESENT YOUR PROJECT (PICTURE BOOK, MIDDLE
GRADE, YOUNG ADULT)
TO A PUBLISHER (Stacey
Barney)
PANEL:
HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE BOOKSELLERS (Antoinette
Cross, Karen Harper, Alexa Reck, Diane Spink)
BEGINNINGS
& STUFF: A TWO-PART SHORT STORY WORKSHOP
PART 1, BEGINNINGS (Lee
K. Abbott)
PANEL: WRITING
FOR TELEVISION
(Paul
S. Levine, Tom
Sawyer, Andy
Rose)
WRITER'S
LOUNGE (FACILITATED WRITING EXERCISES)
(schedule
is on Features/Schedule
page) (Michael
Wilson)
11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
followed by PANEL OF EDITORS
(see
Features/Schedule
page)
1:45
- 2:45 p.m.
ATTRACTING
AN AGENT'S ATTENTION THROUGH THE
QUERY LETTER
(Regina Brooks)
HOW
A LITERARY AGENCY WORKS (Paul
Fedorko)
PITCH
LAB
(Sheree
Bykofsky)
TAMING
THE SHAGGY BEAST: LET YOUR NOVEL
WRITE ITSELF
(Lee
Martin)
BEGINNINGS
& STUFF: A TWO-PART SHORT STORY WORKSHOP
PART 2, STUFF
(Lee
K. Abbott)
WRITING THE SCREENPLAY (Andy Rose)
2:45
- 3:00 p.m. REFRESHMENTS
3:00
- 4:00 p.m.
FROM
PRADA TO POIGNANT: TRENDS AND MOVEMENTS IN
WOMEN'S FICTION
(Katie Gilligan)
HOW
TO WRITE AN IRRESISTIBLE NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL
(Rita Rosenkranz)
PITCH
LAB
(Sheree
Bykofsky)
USING CINEMATIC LANGUAGE TO WRITE BETTER NOVELS,
PART
1
(Tom
Sawyer)
STORY AND SONG: EXERCISES FOR WRITING
BETTER
POEMS (David
Baker)
LEGAL
AND BUSINESS ASPECTS OF WRITING FOR FILM
AND
TELEVISION
(Paul
S. Levine)
4:00 - 4:20 p.m. REFRESHMENTS
4:00
- 5:00 p.m. WRITER'S
LOUNGE
(FACILITATED WRITING EXERCISES)
(Stop by for five minutes, or stay awhile. Friday
schedule also includes
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.)
(Michael
Wilson)
4:15
- 5:00 p.m.
BOOK
DOCTOR! BOOK DOCTOR! HELP SAVE MY MANUSCRIPT:
HOW TO
FIND, CHOOSE, AND WORK WITH AN EXPERT, ETHICAL,
BOOK DOCTOR (Jerry
Gross, Patrick LoBrutto)
HOW
TO THINK LIKE A DETECTIVE
(Lee Lofland)
TAMING
THE GIANT IDEA: MATCHING IDEAS WITH
MAGAZINE
MARKETS
(Lori
Murray)
5:10
p.m. PART TWO, FRIDAY Begins
and Includes
~ AGENT/EDITOR
INFORMAL CHAT SESSIONS
~ DINNER
~
DINNER PROGRAM
~ EVENING PROGRAM
(Part
2, Friday is open to Full-Conference registrants
and
also to Friday-Only
and
Saturday-Only registrants
who
have pre-registered for Part
2, Friday.)
(see
Features/Schedule
page
for Part Two, Friday schedule)
SATURDAY,
August 25, 2007
8:00
a.m.
REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN FOR SATURDAY-ONLY ATTENDEES
(except for those Saturday-Only registrants
who pre-registered
for Part Two, Friday and checked in
on Friday afternoon.)
CONTINENTAL
BREAKFAST
FOLLOWED
BY WELCOME
(see
Features/Schedule
page)
9:00
- 10:00 a.m.
FINDING AND WORKING WITH A LITERARY AGENT/
FICTION FOCUS
(Paige
Wheeler)
ACQUISITIONS
2.0: UNDERSTANDING HOW INTERNET
TOOLS AND DATA RESEARCH AFFECT
ACQUISITIONS DECISIONS (Peter
Lynch)
THE PLOT DEVICE (Tom
Sawyer)
THE
SCIENCE OF WRITING CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG
ADULT BOOKS
(Regina
Brooks)
TROUBLESHOOTING
YOUR MANUSCRIPT
(Jack
Heffron)
HOW
TO WRITE A REALISTIC CRIME SCENE (Lee
Lofland)
10:15
- 11:15 a.m.
HOW
TO GET AN EDITOR TO READ PAST PAGE 2 OF A NOVEL
(Sally
Kim)
PITCH
LAB
(Sheree
Bykofsky)
BEGINNINGS
& STUFF: A TWO-PART SHORT STORY WORKSHOP
PART 1, BEGINNINGS (Lee
K. Abbott)
LEGAL
ASPECTS OF WRITING FICTION AND
NONFICTION BOOKS
(Paul
S. Levine)
GOING
FROM PUBLISHER TO LITERARY AGENT
(Paul
Fedorko)
WRITING
AND MARKETING POETRY (David
Baker)
11:30
- 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH followed by PANEL OF AGENTS
(see
Features/Schedule
page)
1:45
- 2:45 p.m.
TAMING
THE SHAGGY BEAST: LETTING YOUR NOVEL
WRITE ITSELF (Lee
Martin)
FINDING AND WORKING WITH A LITERARY AGENT
NONFICTION
FOCUS
(Rita Rosenkranz)
BEGINNINGS & STUFF: A TWO-PART SHORT STORY
WORKSHOP
PART 2, STUFF (Lee
K. Abbott)
WRITING
QUERY LETTERS: JUST DO IT! (Lori
Murray)
UNDERSTANDING THE EDITORIAL MIND: HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY, CREATIVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EDITOR
(Jerry
Gross, Patrick LoBrutto)
PANEL: HOW
IMPORTANT IS RESEARCH? WHEN AND HOW TO
USE FORENSIC FACTS
(Lee Lofland, Tom
Sawyer)
3:00
- 4:00 p.m.
TEN
TIPS FOR CREATING A STAND-OUT NOVEL SYNOPSIS
(Katie
Gilligan)
WRITING
MEMOIR: THE ART OF SHARING MEMORIES WITH OTHERS
(Lee
Martin)
AGENT/AUTHOR
CONNECTION: MAKING THE RIGHT APPROACH
(Sheree
Bykofsky,
Gretchen Hirsch)
HOW
TO PRESENT YOUR PROJECT (PICTURE BOOK, MIDDLE
GRADE, YOUNG ADULT)
TO A PUBLISHER (Stacey
Barney)
SELF-EDITING
YOUR NOVEL (Helen
Atsma)
MAKING
A LIVING AS A SCREENWRITER
(Andy
Rose)
4:00
- 5:30 p.m. REFRESHMENTS
AND INFORMAL NETWORKING
4:00
- 5:00 p.m. WRITER'S
LOUNGE
(FACILITATED WRITING EXERCISES)
(Stop by for five minutes, or stay awhile. Saturday
schedule also includes
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.)
(Michael
Wilson)
4:10
- 5:10 p.m.
BROKEN
POV: WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW TO FIX IT
(Paul
Raymond Martin)
USING
CINEMATIC LANGUAGE TO WRITE BETTER NOVELS,
PART
2
(Tom
Sawyer)
THE
BUSINESS OF WRITING FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION
(Sam
Asher, Lynne Powers)
