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2015 Willamette Writers Conference

6:00pm PDT

Conference Success Basics Weidler

9:00am PDT

Stories from the Road: The Art & Science of Describing Place Hawthorne/Sellwood Five Steps for Adding Historical Elements to your Novel or Memoir Ross Island/Morrison The Hierarchy of Story PART 1 Mount St. Helens Agents' Tips for Successful Queries and Proposals Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters

10:30am PDT

Do You Speak Mandarin? Hawthorne/Sellwood The Hierarchy of Story PART 2 Mount St. Helens

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

3:30pm PDT

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

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 Storyfixing: The Pursuit of a True Final Draft Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters Fantasy: Make It Feel Real Weidler Achieving Authenticity in Fiction Sellwood/ Morrison

10:30am PDT

Own your time like a boss Sellwood/ Morrison 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

12:00pm PDT

New York Times Bestseller Authors Lunch Panel Lloyd Ballroom

1:30pm PDT

Subtext: What Lies Beneath Ross Island/Morrison 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

3:30pm PDT

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

8:30am PDT

Crowdfunding Books Mount Bachelor Settings That Pop! Weidler The Essay in 8 Steps Ross Island/Morrison 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 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

How Objects Help Tell the Story Sellwood Advanced Marketing Techniques Three Sisters