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Advanced Track
Essentials of Writing & Publishing
Next Level Sh*t: Revising & Strengthening Your Work
Publishing & Promotion
The Craft of Fiction
The Craft of Non-Fiction
The Writer's Life; Guidance & Tips
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Friday
, April 6
7:30am EDT
Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing
TBA
9:00am EDT
Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: "How to Stay a Writer"
Grand Ballroom - Mezzanine
Sonya Larson • Min Jin Lee
10:15am EDT
1A: Before You Query Agents: What Fiction Writers Should First Do Online & in Real Life
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
Katherine Fausset
1B: Essentials of the Young Adult Novel
FULL
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
Jennifer De Leon
1C: Navigating Your Novel’s Murky Middle
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
Lisa Borders
1D: How to Get Media Attention for Your Book
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
Lynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann
1E: Making the Most of Your Writing Time
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor
Lori Goldstein
1F: Networking for Reticent Writers
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
Kelly J. Ford
1G: Telling a Story with Your Book Proposal
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
Tanya McKinnon • Michelle Seaton
1H: The Blazing Thing: On Imagination in Fiction
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
Laura van den Berg
1I: Voice in Nonfiction: What is Your Voice and How Can You Reclaim it?
FULL
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
Vanessa Martír
1J: When Your Memoir Goes Public
St. James Room - 4th Floor
Garrard Conley
1K: Your First 100 Words: Grounding Readers in Your Fiction
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
Ron MacLean
1L: Your Narrator's Time Signature: Finding the Right Tempo During Dialogue
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
Ravi Howard
11:45am EDT
2A: A Man Walks into a...: Writing Compelling Scenes in Fiction
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
Blair Hurley
2B: All-Conference Read in Fiction: PRIVATE CITIZENS by Tony Tulathimutte
Emerson Room - 4th Floor
Hannah Tinti • Tony Tulathimutte
2C: Essentials of Characterization
FULL
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
Stacy Mattingly
2D: Get Your Essay Pitches Noticed
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
Candace McDuffie
2E: Getting Your Nonfiction Book Back on Track
St. James Room - 4th Floor
Katrin Schumann
2F: Novels: Writing the Opening Pages
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
Steve Yarbrough
2G: Politics and Prose: Tackling the Issues of Our Time Through Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
Adam Stumacher
2H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section A
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
Lynne Barrett
2I: Race, Identity & Craft in Fiction and Nonfiction
FULL
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
David Mura
2J: Shut Up and Listen: Crafting Literary Voice from Literal Voices
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
Xhenet Aliu
2K: Subversion: Writing YA Novels That Upend Expectations
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
Kim Savage
2L: The Dark Art of Description
FULL
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
Patricia Hampl
2M: The 3-Step Formula for Building an Author Platform
FULL
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
Fauzia Burke
1:00pm EDT
Lunch Break
TBA
2:15pm EDT
3A: A Rockstar Editor's Perspective on Revision
FULL
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
Pamela Dorman • Mira T. Lee • Louise Miller
3B: Dreams, Visions, and Hallucinations in Fiction
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
Tim Weed
3C: Essentials of Submitting Your Work
FULL
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
Angie Chatman • Marjan Kamali
3D: Getting Noticed, Read and Understood on Sensitive Topics
FULL
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
Mary C. Curtis
3E: Hybrid Publishing: How It Works and What It's Like
FULL
Emerson Room - 4th Floor
Jeanne Blasberg
3F: Imagining the Gaps in Memoir: How to Write a Story When the Story Runs Out
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich • Caitlin McGill
3G: Query Letter 101
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
Allison Hunter • Eric Smith
3H: Keynote "Carryover" Conversation: On How to Stay a Writer
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
Eson Kim • Min Jin Lee
3I: Saying the Unsayable
FULL
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
Brendan Mathews
3J: Simultaneity (or Queering Time)
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
Paul Lisicky
3K: When the Universal is Just Mainstream: Writing Rules That Fail Queer Authors
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor
Milo Todd
3L: Write in the Feels: Fictional Emotion
FULL
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
Mia Alvar
3M: Writing the Past to Speak of the Present
FULL
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
3:15pm EDT
Break
TBA
3:45pm EDT
4A: Essentials of Humor
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
Steve Macone
4B: Essentials of Style
FULL
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
Nicole Miller
4C: Find the Skeleton of Your Story: Using Structure to Gain Propulsion
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
Emily X.R. Pan
4D: Geography, Climate, Interiors, & History: Creating Rich Worlds for Memoir & Essays
FULL
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
Alysia Abbott
4E: How to Pitch Young Adult Novels to Agents & Publishers
FULL
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
Regina Brooks
4F: How to Write Long—But Not Long-Winded—Sentences
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
Tim Horvath
4G: Introducing Unforgettable Characters
FULL
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
Ursula DeYoung
4H: Queerer Than Fiction: The Importance of Realistic, Integral LGBT Characters
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor
Karina van Berkum • Lisa Rosinsky
4I: Rebel, Rebel: Writing Rules that Can—and Sometimes Should—Be Broken
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
Lisa Borders
4J: The Changing Face of Publishing: What All Authors Need to Know
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
April Eberhardt
4K: Who Am I Really: Reporting the Self in Writing
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
Alexander Chee
4L: World Building in Historical Fiction
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
Kim van Alkemade
4M: Writing Great Artist Statements for Fellowships, Residencies, MFA programs, & More
St. James Room - 4th Floor
Jonathan Escoffery • Shubha Sunder
5:00pm EDT
Lit Lounge
TBA
5:30pm EDT
Shop Talk Happy Hour
TBA
6:45pm EDT
Dinner Break
TBA
7:00pm EDT
Spotlight: Race and Power in Boston
Arlington Room - Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine Level
Latoyia Edwards • Andrew Ryan • Adrian Walker • Patricia Wen
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The Writer's Life; Guidance & Tips
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Arlington Room - Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine Level
Back Bay Room - 4th Floor
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Boylston Room - Mezzanine Level
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Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
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Franklin Room - 4th Floor
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
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Newbury Room - 4th Floor
St. James Room - 4th Floor
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White Hill Room - 4th Floor
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor