Schedule of Events / June 22, 23, 24, 2007

New Letters Weekend Writers Conference

Except for Abreakout sessions,@ all students attend all events.

Friday, June 22 B Evening at Diastole House

     5:30 - 8:00 p.m.       Registration, Orientation and Reception:  Staff

            Welcome:  Robert Stewart, conference director

            Keynote Lecture:  Robert Unger, “Writing From Strength.”

Saturday, June 23 B Diastole House (in the Kiva unless otherwise noted)

     8:00 - 8:50 a.m.        Light breakfast option, with coffee & juice (Sun Room).

     9:00 - 9:45 a.m.        Robert Stewart, “How We Learn, How We Practice.”

     9:45 - 10:30 a.m.       Trish Reeves, “That Date With the Muse.”

* short break *

     10:40 - 12:00 p.m.     Catherine Browder, “When Telling is Better:  Reconsidering ‘Show, Don’t Tell’”;

            and Matthew Eck, “The War of the Story:  Writing from Fact to Fiction.”

12:00 - 12:45  p.m., Lunch provided, and conversation.

       1:00 - 2:20 p.m.         Loring Leifer, “Feature Articles with Less Pain, More Gain”;    

                                                and Steve Paul, “Creative Nonfiction in Crisis:  What is it About ‘Non’ You
                                                Don’t Understand.”

     2:30 - 3:10 p.m.        Stanley E. Banks, “Dysfunctioning in the World as a Poet.”                   

     3:20 - 4:10 p.m.        Stage & Screen Writing Intensive:  Mitch Brian, “No Structure, No Story.”

     4:15 - 5:15 p.m.        Breakout Sessions:  “Making the Work” –

Fiction:  Browder & Eck (Khayyam Room)

Poetry:  Banks and Reeves (Captain’s Room)

Nonfiction:  Paul and Leifer (Upstairs Library)

Stage/Screen:  Brian & Higgins (Kiva)

     5:15 - 5:45 p.m.        Manuscript conferences & conversation.

Sunday, June 24 B Diastole House (in the Kiva unless otherwise noted)

     9:00 - 9:50 a.m.        Light breakfast option, with coffee & juice (Sun Room).

     10:00 - 10:45 a.m.     Faculty Group, “Habits of Mind: Tactics for Facing Fears, Making Work.”

     11:00 - 12:00 a.m.     Angela Elam, “Life Distilled:  Advice for Writers from the U.S. Poet

                                                 Laureates and Pulitzer Prize Winners.”

12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Luncheon provided, conversation and manuscript

conferences during this period (out-of-town attendees priority).

     1:10 - 2:00 p.m.        John Mark Eberhart, “After the Book:  Taking Care of Business.”

     2:10 - 2:45 p.m.        The Entire Faculty: “The Writer/Editor Connection -- Placing Your

Work for Publication: Advice and Answers.”

* short break *

     3:00 - 3:50 p.m.        Frank Higgins, “Word & Image for the Stage and Screen.”

     4:00 - 5:00 p.m.        Workshop Sessions: 

            Stage/Screen:  Higgins (Kiva);

            Fiction:  Browder (the Khayyam Room); Eck (Sun Room);

            Poetry:  Banks & Reeves (Captain’s Room);

            Nonfiction:  Leifer & Paul (Upstairs Library).

     5:00 - 5:30 p.m.        Consultations and conversations.

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