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Fall Conference
November
8-10, 2007
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
Thursday
Jump Start Options - $30
- Got Conference? 7 Ways to Milk
Your Conference for All It's Worth – Rhonda Rhea
- Writing to Change Lives –
Jim Watkins?
- Introduction to Screen Writing
– Kathryn Mackel
- All things related to the Internet
– Craig von Busek
- Intro. to literary... –
Dennis Hensley
- Critique Group – David
Fessenden
7:00 Evening Session
Editors and keynote with Dennis Hensley
Friday
8-8:30 registration
8:30-8:45 Welcome
8:55-9:55 Workshop 1 options
Note: We’ll be
offering one-hour workshops and In-Depth (two-three hour)
workshops simultaneously.
- Non-fiction Nonfiction ABC’s
– Rhonda Rhea
- Book What is a Platform and Why
Do I Need One? – Bill Jensen
- Alternative Songwriting –
David Fessenden
- In Depth 1 Time Management for
Writers – Patricia Sprinkle
- In Depth 2 Fiction Writing: From
Idea to Finish – Dennis Hensley
9:55-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-11:10 Workshop 2
- Non-fiction The Gift of Empathy:
How Writing Greeting Cards Can Give You New Perspectives
and Increase Your Creativity – Holley Gerth
- Alternative Humor with Purpose
– Rhonda Rhea
- Enhancement Edit Like an Editor
– Andy Scheer
11:15-12:15 Workshop 3
- Non-fiction Breaking into Focus
publications – Andrea Jewell with Charlotte Adelsperger
- Book "Book Publishing from
the Inside" – Betsey Newenhuyse
- Alternative Writing for the Web
– Craig Von Busek
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 First Pages
2:40-3:40 Workshop 4
- Fiction"The Town that Isn't
There: Creating Believable Protagonists and
Settings Good for Story After Story." – Patricia
Sprinkle
- Alternative From Stage to Page:
Turning Messages into Manuscripts?- Jim Watkins
- Non-fiction Freewriting, Doodling,
and Other Time Wasters that Can Save your Article –
Erin Geischen
- Enhancement Nurturing Your Soul."
– Betsey Newenhuyse
- In Depth 1 Scripting Your Story
(2 Parts) –- The Three-Act Structure – Kathryn
Mackel
- In Depth 2 Build a Tree House:
Writing For Children – Mona Hodgson
3:40-4:00 Coffee break
4:00-5:00 Workshop 5
- Non-fiction Bring a G.O.A.T.
To Your Next Interview – David Fessenden
- Enhancement: Busting Writer's
Block, Discovering Hidden Treasures, and Getting to the
Heart of What You Want to Say – Erin Geischen
- Alternative Blogging and Social
Networks – Craig von Busek
5:00-6:30 Faculty & Pro
dinner
6:30-8:30 Evening session and keynote with Jim
Watkins
• David and the Giant Publishers – Jim Watkins
A motivational talk that combines humor and practical suggestions
for battling the giants that confront would-be authors (30-45
min.).??
Saturday
8-8:30 registration
8:30-8:45 Welcome
8:55-9:55 Workshop 1
- Fiction How To Scare the Stuffing
Out of your Readers and into their Souls. – Kathryn
Mackel
- Non-fiction Writing and Refining
Your Query Letter – Andy Scheer
- Alternative Story Building Blocks
for Children's Writers – Mona Hodgson
- In Depth 1 Professional public
speaking – Craig von Busek
- In Depth 2 Advanced Writing –
Dennis Hensley
9:55-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-11:10 Workshop 2
- Non-fiction Writing for Denominational
Publications – David Fessenden
- Book Book Proposals that Make
an Impression – Bill Jensen
- Alternative Writing worldview
– Andrea Jewell
11:15-12:15 Workshop 3
- Fiction I’m Way Out There—Now
what? – Kathryn Mackel
- Alternative Greeting Cards 101
– Holly Gerth
- Enhancement Down to Earth: Incarnational
Writing – Erin Geischen
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Workshop 4
- Non-fiction Journalistic Techniques
in Christian Writing – David Fessenden
- Alternative Writing Books For
Young Children – Mona Hodgson
- Enhancement: Promoting Your Writing
through the Web – Craig von Busek
In Depth 1 Writing Creativity Seminar
– Stephanie Wilson
In Depth 2 Solomon's Secrets for Successful Scribes –
Jim Watkins
2:40-3:40 Workshop 5
- Fiction
- Non-fiction Moving Past the “Ah
Ha!” Moment – Andy Scheer
- Book The Changing World of Book
Publishing – Bill Jensen
- Enhancement After the Conference,
Then What? – Rhonda Rhea
- Alternative Writing Secular Children’s
Books With a Christian Worldview – Kathryn Mackel
3:40-4:00 Coffee break
4:00-5:00 Awards and keynote with Dennis Hensley
More Workshops to come soon. Check back later.
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