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Block 1
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Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Block 10
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Discussion Class
Discussion Class Guided Writing
Fiction
Guided Writing
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 2
All
Discussion Class
Discussion Class Guided Writing
Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Non-Fiction
The Writer's Life
Block 3
All
Discussion Class
Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class Guided Writing
Lecture with Q&A Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 4
All
Fiction
Guided Writing
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Lecture with Q&A Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 5
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Discussion Class
Discussion Class Guided Writing
Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 6
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Discussion Class
Discussion Class Guided Writing
Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class Guided Writing
Lecture with Q&A Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
Block 7
All
Discussion Class
Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Lecture with Q&A Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 8
All
Discussion Class
Discussion Class Guided Writing
Fiction
Guided Writing
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Block 9
All
Discussion Class
Fiction
Guided Writing
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Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
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Friday
, April 29
7:30am EDT
Registration & Hot Breakfast
Grand Ballroom
LIMITED
9:00am EDT
Convocation: Welcome, Orientation, Introductions and Cohort Match-Ups
Grand Ballroom
LIMITED
Christopher Castellani • Sonya Larson
10:00am EDT
1A: What’s Your Book “About”?
Back Bay Room
FULL
Tim Weed
1B: Essentials of Structure
Newbury Room
FILLING
Annie Hartnett
1C: Crossover Fiction: Writing Stories with Ageless Appeal
St. James Room
LIMITED
Lynne Griffin
1D: All-Conference Read in Non-Fiction: HER by Christa Parravani
Terrace Room
FILLING
Deborah Becker • Christa Parravani
1E: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any Genre
Tremont Room
FULL
Mary Carroll Moore
1F: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION I]
White Hill Room
FILLING
Dariel Suarez
1G: Essentials of Character
Whittier Room
FILLING
Lisa Borders
11:45am EDT
2A: On Endings
Back Bay Room
FILLING
Jennifer De Leon
2B: Writing Motherhood
Cabot Room
LIMITED
Marcelle Soviero
2C: Taking the Imaginative Leap
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Adam Stumacher
2D: The Mundane Beauty of Work: Writing about the Workplace in Fiction
Newbury Room
LIMITED
Chaitali Sen
2E: Essentials of the Personal Essay
St. James Room
LIMITED
Dorian Fox
2F: The Writer's Electronic Toolbox: Organize and Streamline Your Writing
Stuart Room
LIMITED
Crystal King
2G: Essentials of Dialogue
Tremont Room
FILLING
Rita Zoey Chin
2H: The Art of Perspective
White Hill Room
FILLING
Christopher Castellani
2J: Building the World of the Novel: A Conversation with Jennifer Haigh and Joanna Rakoff
Whittier Room
FILLING
Jennifer Haigh • Joanna Rakoff
12:45pm EDT
Lunch Break
On Your Own
LIMITED
2:00pm EDT
3A: Lessons from the Novel Incubator
Back Bay Room
FILLING
Michelle Hoover
3B: A User's Guide to the Imagination
Franklin Room
FILLING
Pagan Kennedy
3C: The Strategic Writer
St. James Room
FULL
Michelle Toth
3D: *JUST ADDED!* Literary Expression in the Digital Age
Stuart Room
LIMITED
Andy Hunter
3E: Writers of Color Roundtable
Terrace Room
LIMITED
Regina Brooks • Alexander Chee • Kaitlyn Greenidge • Emi Ikkanda • Mira Jacob • Jennifer De Leon • Celeste Ng • Sonya Larson
3F: Non-Fiction Career Building: From Article to Book and Back Again
Tremont Room
FILLING
Michael Blanding • Ethan Gilsdorf
3G: A Marketplace Primer for the Aspiring Writer of Literary Fiction
White Hill Room
FULL
Peter Blackstock • Soumeya Roberts
3H: Notes on the Dramatic Image
Whittier Room
FILLING
Charles Baxter
4:15pm EDT
4A: Writing Across Time
Back Bay Room
FILLING
Kaitlyn Greenidge
4B: Anonymous: Writing Without Identity
Cabot Room
LIMITED
Stacey D'Erasmo
4C: Essentials of Freelancing
Constitution Room
LIMITED
Calvin Hennick
4D: The Lyric Essay
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Kim Adrian
4E: Essentials Of: Cultivating a Persona in Essays and Memoirs
Newbury Room
LIMITED
Jason Tucker
4F: The Author as Publicist: Strategies from the Real World of Book Publicity
St. James Room
FULL
Patricia Park
4G: Spend Money To Make Money: How to Budget for Indie Publishing
Stuart Room
LIMITED
April Eberhardt
4H: Blurred Boundaries: Blending Fiction & Non-Fiction
Tremont Room
FILLING
Tasneem Zehra Husain
4J: Contracts 101
White Hill Room
LIMITED
Michael Gross
4K: Essentials of Specificity
Whittier Room
FULL
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
5:30pm EDT
Shop Talk Happy Hour ***SOLD OUT!***
Emerald Lounge
Happy Hour with the Authors
Statler Room
LIMITED
Saturday
, April 30
7:30am EDT
Registration & Hot Breakfast
Grand Ballroom
LIMITED
9:00am EDT
5A: Media Training: How to Put Your Best Foot Forward
Back Bay Room
LIMITED
Lynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann
5B: Writing on the Hyphen: Capturing the Authentic and Avoiding the Stereotype
Beacon Hill Room
LIMITED
Marjan Kamali • Henriette Lazaridis • Jennie Wood
5C: How to Bust Through Blocks and Boost Creativity
Cabot Room
LIMITED
Sara DiVello
5D: Writers of a Certain Age: A Survivor's Guide To Starting 'Late'
Cambridge Room
FILLING
Robin Black
5E: Co-Operative-Style Self-Publishing & Marketing For Independent Authors
Charles River Room
LIMITED
Jane Karker
5F: How To Use Social Media for Self Promotion And Not Be Annoying
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Crystal King
5G: Reconstructing Childhood in Memoir
Newbury Room
LIMITED
Garrard Conley
5H: Fiction's Inner Landscape
Stuart Room
FILLING
Tim Weed
5J: All-Conference Read in Fiction: There's Something I Want You To Do by Charles Baxter
Terrace Room
FILLING
Charles Baxter • Christopher Lydon
5K: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence
Tremont Room
FILLING
Lane Shefter Bishop
5L: Ready for Representation?
White Hill Room
FILLING
Rebecca Heyman • Carrie Howland
10:45am EDT
6A: Writing the Group: How to Tackle Multiple POV's in Fiction
Back Bay Room
FILLING
Angela Flournoy
6B: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic
Beacon Hill Room
LIMITED
Ethan Gilsdorf • Daniel Loedel • Leah Miller • Ayesha Pande • Jessica Papin
6C: Taming the Unruly First Draft
Cabot Room
LIMITED
Lisa Borders
6D: Is Your Agent Right For You?
Cambridge Room
FILLING
Gail Hochman
6E: What Sex Can Do
Charles River Room
LIMITED
Garth Greenwell
6F: Ask Amazon
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Neal Thompson
6G: The Three Layers of Character
Newbury Room
FILLING
Kristopher Jansma
6H: How to Build a Successful Social Media Strategy
Stuart Room
LIMITED
Fauzia Burke
6J: Where I'm Calling From--Narrative Voice in Memoir
Tremont Room
LIMITED
Howard Axelrod
6K: Those Scaffolds Aren't for the Hanging: Using Dramatic Structure in Fiction
White Hill Room
FILLING
Sunil Yapa
6L: Transforming Real Life Stories into Fiction
Whittier Room
FILLING
Michelle Hoover • Dawn Tripp
6M: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION II]
Winthrop Room
LIMITED
Dariel Suarez
12:00pm EDT
Lunch Break
On Your Own
LIMITED
1:15pm EDT
7A: Novel Plot and Structure: In Search of the Inciting Incident
Back Bay Room
FILLING
Matthew Salesses
7B: Star Literary Idol
Beacon Hill Room
FILLING
Stephen McCauley • Mameve Medwed • Anita Shreve • Sebastian Stuart
7C: Lessons from the Memoir Incubator
Cambridge Room
LIMITED
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
7D: Seven Key Questions You Need to Answer to Successfully Publish Your Nonfiction Book
Charles River Room
LIMITED
Katrin Schumann
7E: Living History: Waking the Dead
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Alexander Chee
7F: Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Play: Negotiating Time in Fiction
Newbury Room
FILLING
Maya Lang
7G: Finding Your Form: Exploring Storytelling through Fiction and Memoir
St. James Room
LIMITED
Molly Antopol
7H: Mapping Your Story: Place, Movement, and Territory
Tremont Room
LIMITED
Lynne Barrett
7J: Query Lab
White Hill Room
FULL
Sorche Fairbank • Rachel Letofsky
7K: How To Be Your Own Best Editor
Whittier Room
FILLING
Ann Hood
2:45pm EDT
8A: A Map in the Wilderness: Unsticking Your Plot Using Cinematic Structure
Back Bay Room
FULL
Ray Daniel
8B: You're the Boss! Taking Control of your Book's Promotion Plan
Beacon Hill Room
FILLING
Anjali Duva
8C: Essentials of the Sentence
Cambridge Room
FILLING
Alysia Abbott
8D: Politics and Prose
Charles River Room
LIMITED
Marjan Kamali
8E: Eavesdrop Like You Mean It
Franklin Room
LIMITED
William Belcher
8F: The Right To Write: Who Owns the Story?
Newbury Room
LIMITED
Roxana Robinson
8G: 'But That Really Happened': Avoid the Pitfalls of Fictionalizing Your Life
St. James Room
LIMITED
Dawn Dorland
8H: Essentials of Place
Tremont Room
LIMITED
Dariel Suarez
8J: Making Things Happen
White Hill Room
FILLING
Mira Jacob
8K: How NOT to Sabotage Your Chances With an Agent
Whittier Room
FILLING
Rebecca Heyman
4:00pm EDT
Keynote Tea with Colum McCann
Grand Ballroom
LIMITED
Colum McCann
5:30pm EDT
Lit Lounge
Statler Room
LIMITED
6:30pm EDT
Dinner Break
On Your Own
LIMITED
8:00pm EDT
Grub Gone...Drag ***SOLD OUT!***
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
LIMITED
Martha Graham Cracker • Kaitlyn Greenidge • Colum McCann
Sunday
, May 1
8:30am EDT
Breakfast
Grand Ballroom
LIMITED
10:00am EDT
9A: Why Literary Magazines Matter and How to Get Published in Them
Back Bay Room
FILLING
Jenn Scheck-Kahn
9B: After Acquisition: The Long Term Author/Publisher Relationship
Beacon Hill Room
LIMITED
Fiona McCrae
9C: Breaking into Ghostwriting
Cabot Room
LIMITED
Sarah Tomlinson
9D: Essentials of Style
Cambridge Room
LIMITED
Matthew Salesses
9E: Taking Yourself Seriously, Whatever Life You Have Lived
Charles River Room
LIMITED
Robin Black
9F: Setting as Character
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Val Wang
9G: The Pros and Cons of Writing and Publishing Without an Agent
Newbury Room
LIMITED
Lissa Warren • Linda K. Wertheimer
9H: The Truthful Lie: Writing Historical Fiction
St. James Room
LIMITED
LaShonda Barnett
9J: Showing & Telling: Putting Description to Work
Tremont Room
LIMITED
Garth Greenwell
9K: Literary Idol: Fiction
White Hill Room
FILLING
Noah Ballard • Sorche Fairbank • Erin Harris • Steve Macone
9L: Secrets and Lies
Whittier Room
FILLING
Lynne Barrett
9M: What’s Your Book “About”? [SECTION II]
Winthrop Room
LIMITED
Tim Weed
11:30am EDT
10A: Pathways to Publication: How to Choose the Right Route for You
Back Bay Room
FILLING
April Eberhardt
10B: How To Perfect Your Pitch
Beacon Hill Room
LIMITED
Cherise Fisher
10C: Who Am I As a Writer?
Cabot Room
LIMITED
Sarah Tomlinson
10D: Hermit Crabs: Using Form to Inspire Narrative Prose
Cambridge Room
LIMITED
Kristiana Kahakauwila
10E: The Hazards of Writing Outside the Borders
Charles River Room
LIMITED
Jacqueline Sheehan
10F: Do What You Want: Submitting Work on Your Terms
Franklin Room
LIMITED
Steve Macone
10G: Feedback Is a Conversation
Newbury Room
LIMITED
Louise Miller • Kate Racculia
10H: Be Brave: The Character of YA Literature
Tremont Room
LIMITED
Ayanna Coleman
10J: How to Finish: Project Management Techniques for Writers
White Hill Room
FILLING
Kelly J. Ford
10K: How To Write a Kick-Ass Essay
Whittier Room
FULL
Ann Hood
1:00pm EDT
Capstone Event: Discover Me!
Grand Ballroom
LIMITED
Porter Anderson • Fauzia Burke • Rick Burnes • Fiona Hallowell • Carole Horne • Crystal King • Alex Marzano-Lesnevich • Leah Miller • Manning Wolfe
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