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2013 Schedule
 

Monday, June 10, 2013

8:00 a.m.                   Registration and Opening Breakfast
                                (Individual, prior critique from DeWanna Pace distributed to participants)
 
8:30a.m.                    Opening remarks and introductions – Thunder Room
                                 Rise Out of the Slush Pile and Shine:
   Critique, Hook, Logline, First line—Tim Lewis
 
9:30 a.m.                    Break
 
10:00 a.m.-Noon         (Participants choose one class for a week of in-depth instruction)
                                 YA and Beyond: Intermediate Writing for Young Adult & Adult Fiction—Jennifer Archer
                Advanced Novel Writing—Margie Lawson
                Screenwriting Structure for Novelists—Alexandra Sokoloff
                Writing Your Life Story—Mike Bellah
 
Noon-1:30 p.m.           Lunch on your own
 
1:30-3:00p.m.              Workshop—A Writer’s Life—Jodi Thomas
 
3:00 p.m.                     Break
 
Special Event:             ROUNDUP DINNER
6:30 p.m.                       Book Signing
 
7:00 p.m.                      Roundup Dinner and Program—Tim Lewis, host
                                    Linda Castillo, Keynote Speaker 

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

8:00a.m.                       Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 a.m.                      Rise Out of the Slush Pile and Shine
                                    A winning query: the most important letter you’ll ever write—Tim Lewis
 
9:30 a.m.                       Break
 
10:00 a.m. – noon              YA and Beyond: Intermediate Writing for Young Adult & Adult Fiction—Jennifer Archer
                                        Advanced Novel Writing—Margie Lawson
                Screenwriting Structure for Novelists—Alexandra Sokoloff
                Writing Your Life Story—Mike Bellah
 
Noon – 1:30 p.m.        Lunch on your own
 
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.          Workshop—Mining the Mind of an Editor—Hilary Sares
 
3:00 p.m.                      Break
 
3:30 p.m.                     Student led critique groups  

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

8:00 a.m.                     Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 a.m.                    Rise Out of the Slush Pile and Shine
                                 From Plot to Synopsis­—Tim Lewis
 
9:30 a.m.                       Break
 
10:00 a.m. – Noon       YA and Beyond: Intermediate Writing for Young Adult & Adult Fiction—Jennifer Archer
                                  Advanced Novel Writing—Margie Lawson
                Screenwriting Structure for Novelists—Alexandra Sokoloff
                Writing Your Life Story—Mike Bellah
 
Noon-1:30p.m.            Lunch on your own
 
1:30  – 3:00 p.m.         Workshop—The Art and Option of Self Publishing—Alexandra Sokoloff
 
3:00 p.m.                       Break
 
3:30 p.m.                       Student led critique groups
 
Special Event:             MOVIE NIGHT—Jodi Thomas, hostess

Thursday, June 13, 2013

8:00 a.m.                       Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 a.m.                    Rise Out of the Slush Pile and Shine
                                  Pitching the perfect “conference” game—Tim Lewis
 
9:30 a.m.                       Break
 
10:00 a.m. – Noon       YA and Beyond: Intermediate Writing for Young Adult & Adult Fiction—Jennifer Archer
                                  Advanced Novel Writing—Margie Lawson
                Screenwriting Structure for Novelists—Alexandra Sokoloff
                Writing Your Life Story—Mike Bellah
 
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.           no workshop because of  TEXAS
 
Special Event:            TEXAS
5:30 p.m.                     Dinner and Show—Tim Lewis, host
                                   Palo Duro Canyon 

Friday, June 14, 2013

8:00 a.m.                       Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 a.m.                       Faculty panel Q & A
 
9:30 a.m.                       Break
 
10:00 a.m. – Noon       YA and Beyond: Intermediate Writing for Young Adult & Adult Fiction—Jennifer Archer
                                  Advanced Novel Writing—Margie Lawson
                Screenwriting Structure for Novelists—Alexandra Sokoloff
                Writing Your Life Story—Mike Bellah
 
12:30 pm                      Closing Luncheon