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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

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Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: "How to Stay a Writer"

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Mid-Muse Keynote: "Appropriation: Uh-oh, No-no, or #Appropro?"

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Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing

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Marketplace Keynote: “Selling Out Without Selling Out”

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Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing

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Lunch Break

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Breakfast, Bookstore and Authors' Bazaar Browsing

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Lunch Break

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Lit Lounge

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Break

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Spitballing...Returns!

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Spotlight: Race and Power in Boston

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Lit Lounge

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Break

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7B: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a Crock

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6M: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any Genre

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5C: Conjuring Mystery in Fiction

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Dinner Break

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6D: First Page Clinic: Making the Most of It

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9D: Researching and Choosing Agents to Query

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1A: Before You Query Agents: What Fiction Writers Should First Do Online & in Real Life

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2M: The 3-Step Formula for Building an Author Platform

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4G: Introducing Unforgettable Characters

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7C: Editing: Love It, Hate It, Just Delete It

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8D: Creating Pictures with Words: How and Why Visual Writing Works

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10C: Essentials of Backstory and Flashback in Fiction

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1G: Telling a Story with Your Book Proposal

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3A: A Rockstar Editor's Perspective on Revision

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5I: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters

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3G: Query Letter 101

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4J: The Changing Face of Publishing: What All Authors Need to Know

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10B: Demystifying Publishing Deals

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2H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section A

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8C: Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction

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8G: Laughing at a Funeral: Mixing Emotional Tones in Writing

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9C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus

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9F: Secrets and Lies

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8E: Experimental Writing for Non-Experimental Writers

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7G: The Art of Perspective

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1F: Networking for Reticent Writers

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2A: A Man Walks into a...: Writing Compelling Scenes in Fiction

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3C: Essentials of Submitting Your Work

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3L: Write in the Feels: Fictional Emotion

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4C: Find the Skeleton of Your Story: Using Structure to Gain Propulsion

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4D: Geography, Climate, Interiors, & History: Creating Rich Worlds for Memoir & Essays

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4K: Who Am I Really: Reporting the Self in Writing

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5H: Problem Solving for Novels-in-Progress

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5J: The Fine Art of Investigation

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7K: When Do I Need An Author Website and What Belongs On It?

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9G: Shaping Time in Fiction and Nonfiction