Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Workshop 1: Using Personal Experience in Your Writing with Abdi Nazemian
10:00am-11:00am
Learn to strengthen your writing in any genre by using your personal experiences. Author Abdi Nazemian will explore aspects of his personal experiences that give truth and strength to his stories and the characters that he writes about.
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Webinar ID: 826 9242 8963
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10:00am-11:00am
Learn to strengthen your writing in any genre by using your personal experiences. Author Abdi Nazemian will explore aspects of his personal experiences that give truth and strength to his stories and the characters that he writes about.
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Workshop 2: THE HORROR, THE HORROR with Jonathan Maberry
11:05am-12:05pm
Horror fiction is making a huge comeback in fiction, comics, TV and movies. Whether it’s tales of vampires and ghosts or serial killers on the hunt, these stories speak to our deepest fears and get our blood racing. NY Times bestselling-author and five-time Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry discusses the genre and its many subgenre, peels back the legends behind classic monsters, and offers advice on how to sell to this hungry, hungry market. The first ten-episode season of Jonathan’s vampire series, V-Wars is now streaming on Netflix series (starring Ian Somerhalder).
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Webinar ID: 886 0078 3090
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11:05am-12:05pm
Horror fiction is making a huge comeback in fiction, comics, TV and movies. Whether it’s tales of vampires and ghosts or serial killers on the hunt, these stories speak to our deepest fears and get our blood racing. NY Times bestselling-author and five-time Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry discusses the genre and its many subgenre, peels back the legends behind classic monsters, and offers advice on how to sell to this hungry, hungry market. The first ten-episode season of Jonathan’s vampire series, V-Wars is now streaming on Netflix series (starring Ian Somerhalder).
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Webinar ID: 886 0078 3090
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Workshop 3: Let's Plan a Murder (Mystery) with Kathy Krevat
1:00pm-2:00pm
Kathy Krevat is the author of the GOURMET CAT MYSTERY series featuring cat food chef Colbie Summers and her demanding cat Trouble, the culinary muse behind her recipes. She also writes the bestselling CHOCOLATE COVERED MYSTERY series under the pen name, Kathy Aarons. Her short story “One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was selected for the Crossing Borders Anthology coming out in March 2020.
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Webinar ID: 863 2646 7374
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1:00pm-2:00pm
Kathy Krevat is the author of the GOURMET CAT MYSTERY series featuring cat food chef Colbie Summers and her demanding cat Trouble, the culinary muse behind her recipes. She also writes the bestselling CHOCOLATE COVERED MYSTERY series under the pen name, Kathy Aarons. Her short story “One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was selected for the Crossing Borders Anthology coming out in March 2020.
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Webinar ID: 863 2646 7374
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Workshop 4: Writing for Film and TV with Nick Zayas
2:05pm-3:05pm
A look inside the life of a working screenwriter balancing both film and TV projects. We'll discuss the difference between feature and episodic storytelling, the craft of breaking story, the daily grind of churning pages, how a writers room works, and everything Nick wished he knew in high school.
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Webinar ID: 851 7973 5506
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2:05pm-3:05pm
A look inside the life of a working screenwriter balancing both film and TV projects. We'll discuss the difference between feature and episodic storytelling, the craft of breaking story, the daily grind of churning pages, how a writers room works, and everything Nick wished he knew in high school.
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Workshop 5: Main Character Meet and Greet with Laura Preble
3:10pm-4:10pm
The main character of your fiction will be in the driver’s seat, so you really need to get to know them! This hands-on workshop will give you some tools to meet your main character and flesh them out so you are prepped and ready to write whatever journey you have in mind for them.
When: May 30, 2020 03:10 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Webinar ID: 818 7836 3075
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3:10pm-4:10pm
The main character of your fiction will be in the driver’s seat, so you really need to get to know them! This hands-on workshop will give you some tools to meet your main character and flesh them out so you are prepped and ready to write whatever journey you have in mind for them.
When: May 30, 2020 03:10 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Webinar ID: 818 7836 3075
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
Workshop 1: College Essays in the Time of COVID-19 with Chris Hamilton
10:00am-11:00am
How will the Covid-19 crisis affect college admissions? And what should you keep in mind when constructing your college essays? What things should you do--or not do--in these unusual circumstances?
10:00am-11:00am
How will the Covid-19 crisis affect college admissions? And what should you keep in mind when constructing your college essays? What things should you do--or not do--in these unusual circumstances?
Workshop 2: Where to Start? Beginning a Play with Aleta Barthell
11:05am-12:05pm
How do you take that first step to write a play? Is it an idea that could be a play? Explore different ways to brainstorm an idea for a play and embark on writing a play from that idea.
11:05am-12:05pm
How do you take that first step to write a play? Is it an idea that could be a play? Explore different ways to brainstorm an idea for a play and embark on writing a play from that idea.
Workshop 3: Creating Comic Books and Graphic Novels with Cecil Castellucci and Little Fish Comic Book Studio
1:00pm-2:00pm
Little Fish Comic Book Studio and Cecil Castellucci join forces to present a workshop on everything you ever wanted to know about writing and drawing for comic books and graphic novels!
1:00pm-2:00pm
Little Fish Comic Book Studio and Cecil Castellucci join forces to present a workshop on everything you ever wanted to know about writing and drawing for comic books and graphic novels!
Workshop 4: Done in a Flash - Flash Fiction with Marivi Soliven
2:05pm-3:05pm
Flash fiction is lean and mean, a gripping short story stripped to the bone. Workshop participants will explore flash fiction basics, sketch out a story and consider reading it aloud. To save time, participants are urged to come with a list of story ideas or a draft they can edit down to 750 words. Ready, set, write!
2:05pm-3:05pm
Flash fiction is lean and mean, a gripping short story stripped to the bone. Workshop participants will explore flash fiction basics, sketch out a story and consider reading it aloud. To save time, participants are urged to come with a list of story ideas or a draft they can edit down to 750 words. Ready, set, write!
Workshop 5: Getting Published 101 with Natalie Lakosil
3:10pm-4:10pm
Everything you need to know about submitting your work to editors, agents and publishers, including how to write a stand-out query letter and how agents work. Will workshop writing your hook-in presentation.
3:10pm-4:10pm
Everything you need to know about submitting your work to editors, agents and publishers, including how to write a stand-out query letter and how agents work. Will workshop writing your hook-in presentation.