9:00 am - 10:00 am Conference Welcome and Morning Keynote by Marissa Meyer
Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Break Out 1 10:00 am-10:50 am
Author Name | Class Title | Classroom | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
delmetria millener | Starving Artists Find Food | Soldier Creek | 3rd Floor |
June Hur | How to Write Thrilling Mysteries | Cascade D | 3rd Floor |
Shelly X. Leonn | When Characters Collide: Building Explosive Dynamics in Your Character Interactions | Cascade C | 3rd Floor |
Alexander Delacroix | How to Build and Maintain Tension in Your Story | Cascade E | 3rd Floor |
Tiffany Rosenhan | How to Lose a Reader in 10 Lines
| Cascade AB | 3rd Floor |
Tricia Levenseller | Make it More Inciting | Ballroom B | 2nd Floor |
Kaela Rivera | Getting Readers to Invest in Your Characters: The Principle of Character Dignity | Ballroom A | 2nd Floor |
Margaret Owen | Worldbuilding: Not Just for Fantasy! | Ballroom C | 2nd Floor |
Jennifer Nielsen | Creating Villains We Love to Hate | Expo A | 1st Floor |
Break Out 2 11:00 am-11:50 am
Author | Class Title | Classroom | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Frank Cole and Tyler Whitesides | TBD | Expo A | 1st Floor |
Erin Stewart | Drive Your Plot with Strong Characters (and your characters with a strong plot!) | Ballroom C | 2nd Floor |
Dustin Hansen | The Evolution of Storytelling and Technology | Ballroom A | 2nd Floor |
Jennifer Jenkins | The Heart of the Matter: Romantic Tension Workshop | Ballroom B | 2nd Floor |
Aminah Mae Safi | The Art of the Re-Telling | Cascade C | 3rd Floor |
Sara B. Larson | Setting Your Story Up for Sucess...Nailing Your Descriptions | Cascade E | 3rd Floor |
Donna Milakovic | Gathering Your Writing Tribe | Soldier Creek | 3rd Floor |
Emma Boone | Level Up: How to Improve Your Writing with Concepts Learned from Video Games | Cascade AB | 3rd Floor |
Yamile Saied Mendez | Somewhere Only You Know | Cascade D | 3rd Floor |
12:00-12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 pm-1:10 pm Afternoon Keynote with Kendare Blake
Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Break Out 3 1:20 pm-2:10 pm
Author | Class Title | Classroom | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Jennifer Jenkins | The Heart of the Matter: Romantic Tension Workshop | Expo A | 1st Floor |
June Hur | How to Write Thrilling Mysteries | Ballroom A | 2nd Floor |
Jo Schaffer-Layton | How to Liposuction Your Prose | Ballroom B | 2nd Floor |
Sara B. Larson | Setting Your Story Up for Sucess...Nailing Your Descriptions | Ballroom C | 2nd Floor |
Shelly X. Leonn | When Characters Collide: Building Explosive Dynamics in Your Character Interactions | Cascade AB | 3rd Floor |
Tom Durham | Writing for Radio, TV, and Film | Cascade C | 3rd Floor |
Kaela Rivera | Getting Readers to Invest in Your Characters: The Principle of Character Dignity | Cascade D | 3rd Floor |
Nova McBee | Jumpstart to Story Structure & Plotting
| Cascade E | 3rd Floor |
Jessica Day George | Ask the Author | Soldier Creek | 3rd Floor |
Leigh Statham | Poetry Room Is Open | Battle Creek | 3rd Floor |
Break Out 4 2:20 pm-3:10 pm
Title | Class Title | Classroom | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Frank Cole and Tyler Whitesides | TBD | Expo A | 1st Floor |
Jennifer Nielsen | Creating Villains We Love to Hate | Ballroom A | 2nd Floor |
Marissa Meyer, Kendare Blake, and Jennifer Lynn Barnes | Keynote Panel | Ballroom B | 2nd Floor |
Kathryn Purdie | More to Win and More to Lose: Raising the Stakes | Ballroom C | 2nd Floor |
Aminah Mae Safi | The Art of the Re-Telling | Cascade AB | 3rd Floor |
Tiffany Rosenhan | How to Lose a Reader in 10 Lines
| Cascade C | 3rd Floor |
Tricia Levenseller | Make it More Inciting | Cascade D | 3rd Floor |
Margaret Owen | Worldbuilding: Not Just for Fantasy! | Cascade E | 3rd Floor |
Leigh Statham | The Great Word Swap | Soldier Creek | 3rd Floor |
Break Out 5 3:20 pm-4:10 pm
Title | Class Title | Classroom | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Frank Cole and Tyler Whitesides | TBD | Expo A | 1st Floor |
Yamile Saied Mendez | Somewhere Only You Know | Ballroom A | 2nd Floor |
Emma Boone | Level Up: How to Improve Your Writing with Concepts Learned from Video Games | Ballroom B | 2nd Floor |
Nova McBee | Jumpstart to Story Structure & Plotting | Ballroom C | 2nd Floor |
Shelly Brown | But I Want To Be Published NOW | Cascade AB | 3rd Floor |
Alexander Delacroix | How to Build and Maintain Tension in Your Story | Cascade C | 3rd Floor |
Jo Schaffer-Layton | How to Liposuction Your Prose | Cascade D | 3rd Floor |
Donna Milakovic | Gathering Your Writing Tribe | Cascade E | 3rd Floor |
Break Out 6 4:20 pm-5:10 pm
Title | Class Title | Classroom | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Kathryn Purdie | More to Win and More to Lose: Raising the Stakes | Ballroom A | 2nd Floor |
Erin Stewart | Drive Your Plot with Strong Characters (and your characters with a strong plot!) | Ballroom B | 2nd Floor |
Shelly Brown | But I Want To Be Published NOW | Ballroom C | 2nd Floor |
Dustin Hansen | The Evolution of Storytelling and Technology | Cascade AB | 3rd Floor |
Jessica Day George | Ask An Author | Cascade C | 3rd Floor |
Leigh Statham | The Great Word Swap | Cascade D | 3rd Floor |
Tom Durham | Writing for Radio, TV, and Film | Cascade E | 3rd Floor |
Nova McBee | Jumpstart to Story Structure & Plotting | Soldier Creek | 3rd Floor |
5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Evening Keynote by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor
6:00 pm- 6:30 pm First Chapter Contest Winner Announcements and other Shenanigans
Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor
6:30 pm - 7:30 Book Signing
Expo A, 1st Floor