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2015 Willamette Writers Conference

6:00pm PDT

Perfect your Elevator Pitch Sellwood

7:30pm PDT

Pitch for the Prize Competition ADAPTATION Mount Hood Pitch for the Prize Competition LITERATURE Mount Bachelor Pitch for the Prize Competition LITERATURE 2 Three Sisters Pitch for the Prize Competition VISUAL STORYTELLING Mount St. Helens

9:00am PDT

Stories from the Road: The Art & Science of Describing Place Hawthorne/Sellwood Moving Your Book to Film or Television Mount Hood Five Steps for Adding Historical Elements to your Novel or Memoir Ross Island/Morrison The Hierarchy of Story PART 1 Mount St. Helens Do It Yourself: Three Case Studies in Successful Self-Publishing. Jefferson/Adams

10:30am PDT

Give a Good Reading Jefferson/Adams Do You Speak Mandarin? Hawthorne/Sellwood The Hierarchy of Story PART 2 Mount St. Helens Self-Publishing Crash Course: Introduction Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters

1:30pm PDT

Storytelling: Beyond Process Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters The Wonder of World Building Hawthorne/Sellwood Write and Publish Your Book-Length Memoir PART 1 Mount St. Helens Knock Em Out: Writing Action Scenes Jefferson/Adams Optimizing Your Online Presence for Sales (Intermediate Marketing) Weidler Creating and Distributing Your Print Book Ross Island/Morrison

3:30pm PDT

Today, We Write Hawthorne/Sellwood Plotting Novel-Length Fiction Lab Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters Time Travel Do's and Don’ts Weidler Write and Publish Your Book-Length Memoir PART 2 Mount St. Helens Beyond Book Signings; Making Book Promotion Fun Jefferson/Adams Securing an Agent for your Self-Published Book Ross Island/Morrison

6:30pm PDT

Improv Your Writing: Lessons Writers Can Learn from Improvisers Mount Hood Make Them Melt: Mechanics and Metaphor of Writing Steamy Scenes Mount Bachelor Tips for Terror, Hints for Horror Three Sisters

8:30am PDT

Drafts One: Novel or Memoir Ross Island/Morrison First Paragraph Lab Mount Hood Storyfixing: The Pursuit of a True Final Draft Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters Fantasy: Make It Feel Real Weidler Achieving Authenticity in Fiction Sellwood/ Morrison The Indie Author’s Launch Kit: Best practices in packaging your self-published book Mount St. Helens

10:30am PDT

Dramatic Dialogue: Choreographing for Action, Emotion, and Place Mount Hood The Anchor Scenes Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters Eleven Rules for Writing Science Fiction Weidler How to Write and Sell Magazine Articles PART 1 Mount St. Helens

1:30pm PDT

Draft Two: Novel or Memoir Mount Hood Having a Blast With the Past: Researching and Writing Historical Fiction Weidler Hook, Line, and Sinker: How Successful Novels Hook and Hold Their Readers from the Very First Page Hawthorne/Sellwood How to Develop an Author Platform Jefferson/Adams Print Design: You Got This Three Sisters

3:30pm PDT

Titles Do Sell Books Ross Island/Morrison Negotiate the Best Book Contract Jefferson/Adams Why One Book? Make It a Series Three Sisters Dreamworld: The Irreducible Image in Fantasy and Horror Hawthorne/Sellwood How to Write and Sell Magazine Articles PART 2 Mount St. Helens Revising Novel-Length Fiction Lab Mount Hood Podcasting 101 - Producing Your Own Audiobook Weidler

8:30am PDT

Winning the Battle: Social Media vs Writing Time Sellwood Crowdfunding Books Mount Bachelor Settings That Pop! Weidler The Essay in 8 Steps Ross Island/Morrison Social Media for YA Authors Jefferson/Adams Design & Upload Your E-book: Turning your words into income Mount Hood You’re Doing It Wrong: How to Make the Most of Working With an Editor Mount St. Helens Master Class: Advanced Story Engineering Hawthorne Other-Based Writing Three Sisters

10:30am PDT

Revision in 3-D: Tackling One of Fiction Writing’s Hardest Jobs Jefferson/Adams Snap, Crackle, Pop Dialogue: How to Write Banter That Sizzles Off the Pages Three Sisters The Live Editing Lab Mount St. Helens La Cultura: Developing Vibrant, Multicultural Characters Weidler Sibling Relationships the Heart of Children’s Fiction Sellwood Blog Your Way to Authority Mount Bachelor

1:30pm PDT

Care and Feeding of Your Writing Group Ross Island/Morrison