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Friday
, April 6
Arlington Room - Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine Level
7:00pm •
Spotlight: Race and Power in Boston
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1H: The Blazing Thing: On Imagination in Fiction
11:45am •
2K: Subversion: Writing YA Novels That Upend Expectations
2:15pm •
3C: Essentials of Submitting Your Work
FULL
3:45pm •
4D: Geography, Climate, Interiors, & History: Creating Rich Worlds for Memoir & Essays
FULL
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
11:45am •
2J: Shut Up and Listen: Crafting Literary Voice from Literal Voices
2:15pm •
3I: Saying the Unsayable
FULL
3:45pm •
4F: How to Write Long—But Not Long-Winded—Sentences
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1K: Your First 100 Words: Grounding Readers in Your Fiction
11:45am •
2A: A Man Walks into a...: Writing Compelling Scenes in Fiction
2:15pm •
3L: Write in the Feels: Fictional Emotion
FULL
3:45pm •
4C: Find the Skeleton of Your Story: Using Structure to Gain Propulsion
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1B: Essentials of the Young Adult Novel
FULL
11:45am •
2D: Get Your Essay Pitches Noticed
2:15pm •
3M: Writing the Past to Speak of the Present
FULL
3:45pm •
4E: How to Pitch Young Adult Novels to Agents & Publishers
FULL
Emerson Room - 4th Floor
11:45am •
2B: All-Conference Read in Fiction: PRIVATE CITIZENS by Tony Tulathimutte
2:15pm •
3E: Hybrid Publishing: How It Works and What It's Like
FULL
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1L: Your Narrator's Time Signature: Finding the Right Tempo During Dialogue
11:45am •
2I: Race, Identity & Craft in Fiction and Nonfiction
FULL
2:15pm •
3H: Keynote "Carryover" Conversation: On How to Stay a Writer
3:45pm •
4L: World Building in Historical Fiction
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1C: Navigating Your Novel’s Murky Middle
11:45am •
2L: The Dark Art of Description
FULL
2:15pm •
3J: Simultaneity (or Queering Time)
3:45pm •
4B: Essentials of Style
FULL
Grand Ballroom - Mezzanine
9:00am •
Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: "How to Stay a Writer"
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1I: Voice in Nonfiction: What is Your Voice and How Can You Reclaim it?
FULL
11:45am •
2G: Politics and Prose: Tackling the Issues of Our Time Through Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction
2:15pm •
3D: Getting Noticed, Read and Understood on Sensitive Topics
FULL
3:45pm •
4I: Rebel, Rebel: Writing Rules that Can—and Sometimes Should—Be Broken
St. James Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1J: When Your Memoir Goes Public
11:45am •
2E: Getting Your Nonfiction Book Back on Track
3:45pm •
4M: Writing Great Artist Statements for Fellowships, Residencies, MFA programs, & More
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1D: How to Get Media Attention for Your Book
11:45am •
2C: Essentials of Characterization
FULL
2:15pm •
3F: Imagining the Gaps in Memoir: How to Write a Story When the Story Runs Out
3:45pm •
4A: Essentials of Humor
TBA
7:30am •
Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing
1:00pm •
Lunch Break
3:15pm •
Break
5:00pm •
Lit Lounge
5:30pm •
Shop Talk Happy Hour
6:45pm •
Dinner Break
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1F: Networking for Reticent Writers
11:45am •
2F: Novels: Writing the Opening Pages
2:15pm •
3B: Dreams, Visions, and Hallucinations in Fiction
3:45pm •
4K: Who Am I Really: Reporting the Self in Writing
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1G: Telling a Story with Your Book Proposal
11:45am •
2M: The 3-Step Formula for Building an Author Platform
FULL
2:15pm •
3A: A Rockstar Editor's Perspective on Revision
FULL
3:45pm •
4G: Introducing Unforgettable Characters
FULL
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1A: Before You Query Agents: What Fiction Writers Should First Do Online & in Real Life
11:45am •
2H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section A
2:15pm •
3G: Query Letter 101
3:45pm •
4J: The Changing Face of Publishing: What All Authors Need to Know
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1E: Making the Most of Your Writing Time
2:15pm •
3K: When the Universal is Just Mainstream: Writing Rules That Fail Queer Authors
3:45pm •
4H: Queerer Than Fiction: The Importance of Realistic, Integral LGBT Characters
Saturday
, April 7
Back Bay Room - 4th Floor
4:15pm •
8G: Laughing at a Funeral: Mixing Emotional Tones in Writing
FULL
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5A: 7 Key Questions to Answer to Successfully Publish Your Nonfiction Book
12:45pm •
6J: Social Media Hack: Utilizing Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (But Not Annoy) Readers
2:45pm •
7G: The Art of Perspective
4:15pm •
8E: Experimental Writing for Non-Experimental Writers
Boylston Room - Mezzanine Level
5:30pm •
Writers of Color Meet-Up
7:00pm •
Spitballing...Returns!
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5F: Keynote "Carryover" Conversation on Cultural Appropriation
FULL
12:45pm •
6L: The Novelist as Dramatist: Action in Fiction
FULL
2:45pm •
7F: Outsider as Insider: Subverting and Resisting Cultural Expectations in Fiction
4:15pm •
8K: Social Justice Story Telling
FULL
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5H: Problem Solving for Novels-in-Progress
12:45pm •
6F: Lessons from the Novel Incubator
2:45pm •
7K: When Do I Need An Author Website and What Belongs On It?
FULL
4:15pm •
8H: New Digital Tools for 2018: Make Your Social Media Marketing Easier and More Effective
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5B: The Motivated Writer: Using Athletes' Techniques to Keep Yourself Going: Section A
12:45pm •
6C: Consider the Sentence: A Love Story
2:45pm •
7L: Word by Word: An Exercise in Close Reading
FULL
4:15pm •
8I: Rage Is a Red Lesson: How to Turn Anger into Charged Prose
Emerson Room - 4th Floor
12:45pm •
6I: Reppin': Minority Writers on Responsibility, Hypocrisy & the Voices in Our Heads
2:45pm •
7A: All-Conference Read in Non-Fiction: ANIMALS STRIKE CURIOUS POSES by Elena Passarello
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5D: Don't Get Stuck in the Slush! 10 Pitfalls to Avoid When Submitting to Literary Magazines
FULL
12:45pm •
6G: Matching Your Work to Literary Magazines: What Do They *Really* Want?
2:45pm •
7H: The Motivated Writer: Using Athletes' Techniques to Keep Yourself Going: Section B
FULL
4:15pm •
8F: Indie Publishing: A Viable Path to A Full-Time Career in Writing Fiction
FULL
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5M: Stick Figure Structure: A Quick & Easy Way to Finding Your Missing Plot Points
Grand Ballroom - Mezzanine
9:00am •
Mid-Muse Keynote: "Appropriation: Uh-oh, No-no, or #Appropro?"
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5E: Essentials of Dialogue
12:45pm •
6H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section B
12:45pm •
6H: Productive Revision, Or How to Stop Perfecting Paragraphs and Strengthen Your Story: Section B
FULL
2:45pm •
7I: The People-Pleaser's Guide to Plot
FULL
4:15pm •
8B: Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Writing About Black Life
St. James Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5G: Multilingual Writing: Code Switching and Language Games
12:45pm •
6E: How to Get *Really* Personal in Your Personal Essay
2:45pm •
7E: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic
FULL
4:15pm •
8A: A Vampire of Your Own: Using the Personal To Write the Fantastic
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5K: Working with a Publicist: Understanding the Relationship and Getting the Most Out of It
FULL
12:45pm •
6B: Agents and Editors of Color Roundtable
2:45pm •
7J: Violent Delights & Violent Ends: What to Consider When Writing Violence in Fiction and Nonfiction
4:15pm •
8L: Suspense, Stakes, & Whimsy: Borrowing from Genre for Your Fiction
TBA
7:30am •
Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing
11:45am •
Lunch Break
2:15pm •
Break
5:15pm •
Lit Lounge
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5J: The Fine Art of Investigation
FULL
12:45pm •
6K: The Nonfiction Narrator
4:15pm •
8M: Writing a Winning Nonfiction Proposal
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5I: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters
12:45pm •
6D: First Page Clinic: Making the Most of It
2:45pm •
7C: Editing: Love It, Hate It, Just Delete It
4:15pm •
8C: Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5C: Conjuring Mystery in Fiction
FULL
12:45pm •
6M: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any Genre
FULL
2:45pm •
7B: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a Crock
FULL
4:15pm •
8D: Creating Pictures with Words: How and Why Visual Writing Works
FULL
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5L: Writing Like a Parent, Parenting Like a Writer
12:45pm •
6A: "But You're So Inspirational!" Writing Authentically About Disability
2:45pm •
7D: Learning From the (Very) Old-Timers: Modern Uses of Pre-Modern Fiction
FULL
4:15pm •
8J: Should I Do an MFA?
Sunday
, April 8
Back Bay Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9F: Secrets and Lies
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9I: The 2nd Draft: Radically Re-Imagining Your Novel
11:30am •
10K: Writing Memoir: Or, How to Take Your Most Private, Painful Story, Shape it into a Cohesive Narrative and Send it out into the World
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9E: Resuscitating Your Darlings
11:30am •
10G: Reading Across Time: Literature, Exile, Revolt
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9H: Structure, Risk, and Meaning in Memoir
FULL
11:30am •
10H: The Psychology of Character: Digging to the Heart of Motivation
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9A: Establishing Authority
FULL
11:30am •
10D: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
FULL
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
11:30am •
10A: A Trip to the Playground: How to Make Writing Fun Again
Grand Ballroom - Mezzanine
1:00pm •
Marketplace Keynote: “Selling Out Without Selling Out”
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9L: Yes, You're an Expert: Op-ed Writing for Novelists and Nonfiction Writers
11:30am •
10L: You Know More Than You Think: Writing Past the Rational
St. James Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9K: Writing the City
11:30am •
10E: I'll Build Me a World
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9J: Writing (and Publishing) While Jewish: The Situation in 2018
11:30am •
10F: Literary Idol: Non-Fiction Focus
TBA
8:30am •
Breakfast, Bookstore and Authors' Bazaar Browsing
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9G: Shaping Time in Fiction and Nonfiction
11:30am •
10J: Writing and Selling the Money-Making Essay
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus
11:30am •
10C: Essentials of Backstory and Flashback in Fiction
FULL
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9D: Researching and Choosing Agents to Query
FULL
11:30am •
10B: Demystifying Publishing Deals
Winthrop Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9B: Fantastic Extremes: The Environments of Speculative Fiction
11:30am •
10I: The Whole Story
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