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The Muse & the Marketplace
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Advanced
Essentials of Creative Writing
How I Wrote This
Poetry
Publishing & Promotion
The Craft of Fiction
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The Writer's Life: Tips & Tricks
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Friday
, April 5
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1E: Interiority in Fiction
11:45am •
2B: Writing a True Beginning, Middle, and End
2:15pm •
3C: The Trouble with Backstory
FULL
3:45pm •
4E: Establishing Authority
FULL
Berkeley/Clarendon - Mezzanine Level
6:45pm •
Spitballing...Returns!
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1F: Revealing Exposition
FULL
11:45am •
2E: Nonfiction Idea Clinic
2:15pm •
3E: Navel Gazing and Other Worthy Pursuits: A Character-Building Game
FULL
3:45pm •
4H: Essentials of Humor
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1B: Narrative Unbound: Experimental Structures in Essays and Stories
FULL
11:45am •
2C: The Big Reveal, or Not: Sustaining Uncertainty in Fiction
2:15pm •
3D: Working With Book Publicists
3:45pm •
4C: From Personal History to Social History: How To Get Beyond the ME in Memoir
FULL
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1I: A Collection, a Book, a Conundrum: How to Make Your Short Story Collection Cohere
11:45am •
2L: Writing About Trauma Without Losing It
2:15pm •
3I: Getting Noticed, Read and Understood on Sensitive Topics
3:45pm •
4A: Developing Your Nonfiction Book
FULL
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1C: Writing Suspense
11:45am •
2J: Inventing the Real: Writing Fiction about Real People
FULL
2:15pm •
3G: Fellowships, Residencies, Contests, and Grants, Oh My!
3:45pm •
4G: Writing on Race: Your Own Identity & the Identity of Others
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1L: Lessons from the Memoir Incubator
11:45am •
2K: Wired for Success: Neurodiversity in Writing and the Writing Life
2:15pm •
3K: Essentials of Style
3:45pm •
4B: Going Global: Engaging with the World's Literatures
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1J: It's All in the Details
FULL
11:45am •
2F: You've Been Acquired. Now What?
FULL
2:15pm •
3J: A Nice Problem to Have: A Guide to Publishers and How to Compare Them
FULL
3:45pm •
4L: Hey! Help! What’s the Difference Between Middle-Grade, Young Adult, and Adult with a Young Protagonist?
St. James Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1G: Object Lessons: An Exploration
FULL
11:45am •
2M: Writing and Activism: A Crash-Course
2:15pm •
3F: Queery-ing: How to Snag an Agent as a Queer Author
3:45pm •
4F: Don't Get Stuck in the Slush: 10 (MORE) Pitfalls to Avoid When Submitting to Literary Magazines
FULL
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1A: Fund Your Writing Passion
11:45am •
2D: Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Transforming Personal Essays into a Book
FULL
2:15pm •
3B: 10 Takeaways for Authors Writing Historical Fiction
3:45pm •
4K: Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Play: Negotiating Time in Fiction
TBA
7:30am •
Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing
9:00am •
Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: Luis Alberto Urrea
1:00pm •
Lunch Break
3:15pm •
Break
5:00pm •
Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour
5:30pm •
The Aevitas Shop Talk Happy Hour
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1D: Researching and Choosing Agents to Query
FULL
11:45am •
2A: Talking to Others and to Yourself: Using Dialogue and Interiority
FULL
2:15pm •
3L: Plot Engine Tricks
3:45pm •
4I: Small Gestures Make Big Characters
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1K: Telling a Story with Your Nonfiction Book Proposal
11:45am •
2I: Don't Throw the Book Out With the Bathwater: On Dramatically Reenvisioning Your Manuscript
FULL
2:15pm •
3H: Writing the Action Set-Piece
3:45pm •
4J: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
10:15am •
1H: First Impressions: How to Hook an Agent or Editor with Your Opening Pages
FULL
11:45am •
2H: The Changing Face of Publishing: What All Authors Need to Know
FULL
2:15pm •
3A: Structure, Risk, and Meaning in Memoir
FULL
3:45pm •
4D: The Oversight Draft: From Manuscript to Publishable Draft
FULL
Saturday
, April 6
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5D: Demystifying Publishing Deals
FULL
1:00pm •
6D: All In: Raising the Stakes – and Making them Matter – in Fiction
FULL
3:00pm •
7D: Structuring a Novel with Good Bones
4:30pm •
8F: Outlining: Charting Your Book to Reach Your Destination
FULL
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5G: Writing as an Encore Career: Using What You Know for Greater Personal Meaning, Social Impact and Continued Income
1:00pm •
6I: What Booksellers Want Authors to Know
FULL
3:00pm •
7M: The Perfect Pitch
FULL
4:30pm •
8A: Writing In the #MeToo Era
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5H: Sex, Race, and Power: Writing About Taboos
FULL
1:00pm •
6L: Image Systems
3:00pm •
7F: It’s HOW You Say It: Exploring Voice in Fiction
FULL
4:30pm •
8C: Breaking The Rules: Writing Without an MFA
FULL
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5K: The Sentence: A Love Story
FULL
3:00pm •
7J: Writing Dark Humor
FULL
4:30pm •
8J: Twitter for (Writer) Dummies
Democracy Brewing
8:30pm •
All-Conference Party
Exeter Room - Mezzanine Level
1:00pm •
6H: How I Wrote This: Discussion of THE ANSWERS, by Catherine Lacey
4:30pm •
8M: How I Wrote This: Discussion of THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING by Morgan Jerkins
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5F: From Your Room to Outer Space: World-Building in Young Adult Fiction
FULL
1:00pm •
6C: You Need A Website! A Practical Guide to the What, Why, and How of Building Your First Author Website
FULL
3:00pm •
7I: Elements of Nonfiction: Structure, Premise and Style
FULL
4:30pm •
8E: Hybrid Publishing: How it Works and What it's Like
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5B: Writing While Multilingual: How to Leverage Your Languages for Strong Fiction
1:00pm •
6B: Lessons from the Novel Incubator
FULL
3:00pm •
7N: Blurred Boundaries: Blending Fiction & Non-Fiction
FULL
4:30pm •
8K: Not so dear Jenny: Collaborating with Existing Texts
FULL
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5C: Literary Idol: Nonfiction Focus
1:00pm •
6K: Agents & Editors of Color Roundtable
FULL
3:00pm •
7K: Thrusting Swords and Quivering Orchids: How Not to Write Sex Scenes
FULL
4:30pm •
8I: Me, Myself, and I: Establishing and Sustaining First Person POV in an Entire Novel
FULL
St. James Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5I: The Revisionist: Using Your Inner Editor as a Writer
FULL
1:00pm •
6G: Disentangling Time
FULL
3:00pm •
7H: Person and Place: Writing Effective Settings
FULL
4:30pm •
8D: Reject Rejection: On Fueling Your Work Instead of Your Doubts
FULL
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5E: "Dare I Disturb the Universe?" Writing Dangerous Nonfiction
1:00pm •
6E: The Literary Page Turner: Learning to Write with Both Pedals
FULL
3:00pm •
7A: I Want You To Want Me: Using Desire to Create Complex Characters
FULL
4:30pm •
8H: Blacks Writing Truth to Power: Narrative Choices for Fearless Nonfiction
TBA
7:30am •
Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing
9:00am •
Mid-Muse Keynote: Stacey D'Erasmo on Writing in a Time of Upheaval
11:45am •
Lunch Break
2:30pm •
Break
5:30pm •
Writers, Agents, and Editors of Color Meet-Up
5:30pm •
Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5L: Essentials of Structure
FULL
1:00pm •
6J: The Inside/Outside Story: Balancing Character Emotion & Story Action
4:30pm •
8B: Super-Powered Storytelling
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5A: Social Media Hack: Using Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (and Not Annoy) Readers
FULL
1:00pm •
6A: First Page Clinic: Making the Most of It
3:00pm •
7L: On Writing Epic Novels: A Conversation with Min Jin Lee
4:30pm •
8G: Publishing Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children's Books: Ask a Rockstar Editor
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
10:30am •
5J: Dare to Break the Ultimate Writing Rule: Why "Show Don't Tell" Is a Crock
FULL
1:00pm •
6F: The Big Q’s: What to Ask Prospective Agents
FULL
3:00pm •
7B: Anatomy of a Query Letter
FULL
4:30pm •
8L: Irresistable Characters
FULL
Sunday
, April 7
Beacon Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9A: Yeah You're Working, Building a Mystery
FULL
11:30am •
10L: Researching Into the Void
FULL
Cabot Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9G: A Trip to the Playground: How to Make Writing Fun Again
FULL
11:30am •
10G: Improve Your Freelance Game
Cambridge Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9J: Getting Media Attention for Your Book
11:30am •
10H: Scene CPR
Charles River Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9I: Essentials of Flash Fiction and Nonfiction
11:30am •
10D: Stealing from Sports: Using Sports Training Techniques to Get More Out of Your Writing Life
Franklin Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9E: Perfecting Voice in Historical Fiction
11:30am •
10J: Sizing Up Your Publishing Prospects: What do Literary Magazines *Really* Want?
Gloucester Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9M: Let Me Tell You a Story About My Kids (GROAN!!!)
11:30am •
10B: Releasing Yourself from the Clutches of the Green-Eyed Monster: Dealing with Envy in the Writing World
Newbury Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9K: History Walks With Us: Mythology, Memory, & Fantasy in the World and in Fiction
11:30am •
10F: Op-ed Writing for Novelists and Nonfiction Writers: Making Your Voice Heard in Polarizing Times
St. James Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9D: Public Speaking for Writers
11:30am •
10I: Killer First Sentences
Stuart Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9B: Crossing Paths: The Map of Opportunity in Story
11:30am •
10E: Magic Carpet: Creating a Sense of Place in Fiction
TBA
8:30am •
Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing
1:00pm •
Marketplace Keynote: “Writing While Working”
Tremont Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9F: Launching Your Novel: The First Year
11:30am •
10A: The Textures and Music of Language: Learning from Poets
White Hill Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9H: She's Terrible, and I Love Her: On "Unlikable" Female Characters
11:30am •
10C: Literary Idol: Fiction Focus
Whittier Room - 4th Floor
10:00am •
9L: Do Not Think: On Creating and Sustaining the Narrative "Dream"
11:30am •
10K: How to Sell a Memoir If You Aren’t a Celebrity or a Politician
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