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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
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Fiction
Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
Non-Fiction
The Writer's Life
Block 3
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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
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Lecture with Q&A
Lecture with Q&A Discussion Class
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Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 5
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Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 6
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Lecture with Q&A Guided Writing
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Publicity & Promotion
Publishing
Block 7
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Lecture with Q&A Guided Writing
Non-Fiction
Publishing
The Writer's Life
Block 8
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Guided Writing
Lecture with Q&A
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Non-Fiction
Publicity & Promotion
Block 9
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Friday
, April 29
Back Bay Room
10:00am •
1A: What’s Your Book “About”?
FILLING
11:45am •
2A: On Endings
FILLING
2:00pm •
3A: Lessons from the Novel Incubator
FILLING
4:15pm •
4A: Writing Across Time
FILLING
Cabot Room
11:45am •
2B: Writing Motherhood
LIMITED
4:15pm •
4B: Anonymous: Writing Without Identity
LIMITED
Constitution Room
4:15pm •
4C: Essentials of Freelancing
LIMITED
Emerald Lounge
5:30pm •
Shop Talk Happy Hour ***SOLD OUT!***
Franklin Room
11:45am •
2C: Taking the Imaginative Leap
LIMITED
2:00pm •
3B: A User's Guide to the Imagination
FILLING
4:15pm •
4D: The Lyric Essay
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
7:30am •
Registration & Hot Breakfast
LIMITED
9:00am •
Convocation: Welcome, Orientation, Introductions and Cohort Match-Ups
LIMITED
Newbury Room
10:00am •
1B: Essentials of Structure
FILLING
11:45am •
2D: The Mundane Beauty of Work: Writing about the Workplace in Fiction
LIMITED
4:15pm •
4E: Essentials Of: Cultivating a Persona in Essays and Memoirs
LIMITED
On Your Own
12:45pm •
Lunch Break
LIMITED
St. James Room
10:00am •
1C: Crossover Fiction: Writing Stories with Ageless Appeal
LIMITED
11:45am •
2E: Essentials of the Personal Essay
LIMITED
2:00pm •
3C: The Strategic Writer
FULL
4:15pm •
4F: The Author as Publicist: Strategies from the Real World of Book Publicity
FULL
Statler Room
5:30pm •
Happy Hour with the Authors
LIMITED
Stuart Room
11:45am •
2F: The Writer's Electronic Toolbox: Organize and Streamline Your Writing
LIMITED
2:00pm •
3D: *JUST ADDED!* Literary Expression in the Digital Age
LIMITED
4:15pm •
4G: Spend Money To Make Money: How to Budget for Indie Publishing
LIMITED
Terrace Room
10:00am •
1D: All-Conference Read in Non-Fiction: HER by Christa Parravani
FILLING
2:00pm •
3E: Writers of Color Roundtable
LIMITED
Tremont Room
10:00am •
1E: Your Book Starts Here: Build a Successful Structure for Your Manuscript in Any Genre
FULL
11:45am •
2G: Essentials of Dialogue
FILLING
2:00pm •
3F: Non-Fiction Career Building: From Article to Book and Back Again
FILLING
4:15pm •
4H: Blurred Boundaries: Blending Fiction & Non-Fiction
FILLING
White Hill Room
10:00am •
1F: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION I]
FILLING
11:45am •
2H: The Art of Perspective
FILLING
2:00pm •
3G: A Marketplace Primer for the Aspiring Writer of Literary Fiction
FULL
4:15pm •
4J: Contracts 101
LIMITED
Whittier Room
10:00am •
1G: Essentials of Character
FILLING
11:45am •
2J: Building the World of the Novel: A Conversation with Jennifer Haigh and Joanna Rakoff
FILLING
2:00pm •
3H: Notes on the Dramatic Image
FILLING
4:15pm •
4K: Essentials of Specificity
FULL
Saturday
, April 30
Back Bay Room
9:00am •
5A: Media Training: How to Put Your Best Foot Forward
LIMITED
10:45am •
6A: Writing the Group: How to Tackle Multiple POV's in Fiction
FILLING
1:15pm •
7A: Novel Plot and Structure: In Search of the Inciting Incident
FILLING
2:45pm •
8A: A Map in the Wilderness: Unsticking Your Plot Using Cinematic Structure
FULL
Beacon Hill Room
9:00am •
5B: Writing on the Hyphen: Capturing the Authentic and Avoiding the Stereotype
LIMITED
10:45am •
6B: Non-Fiction Idea Clinic
LIMITED
1:15pm •
7B: Star Literary Idol
FILLING
2:45pm •
8B: You're the Boss! Taking Control of your Book's Promotion Plan
FILLING
Cabot Room
9:00am •
5C: How to Bust Through Blocks and Boost Creativity
LIMITED
10:45am •
6C: Taming the Unruly First Draft
LIMITED
Cambridge Room
9:00am •
5D: Writers of a Certain Age: A Survivor's Guide To Starting 'Late'
FILLING
10:45am •
6D: Is Your Agent Right For You?
FILLING
1:15pm •
7C: Lessons from the Memoir Incubator
LIMITED
2:45pm •
8C: Essentials of the Sentence
FILLING
Charles River Room
9:00am •
5E: Co-Operative-Style Self-Publishing & Marketing For Independent Authors
LIMITED
10:45am •
6E: What Sex Can Do
LIMITED
1:15pm •
7D: Seven Key Questions You Need to Answer to Successfully Publish Your Nonfiction Book
LIMITED
2:45pm •
8D: Politics and Prose
LIMITED
Franklin Room
9:00am •
5F: How To Use Social Media for Self Promotion And Not Be Annoying
LIMITED
10:45am •
6F: Ask Amazon
LIMITED
1:15pm •
7E: Living History: Waking the Dead
LIMITED
2:45pm •
8E: Eavesdrop Like You Mean It
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
7:30am •
Registration & Hot Breakfast
LIMITED
4:00pm •
Keynote Tea with Colum McCann
LIMITED
Newbury Room
9:00am •
5G: Reconstructing Childhood in Memoir
LIMITED
10:45am •
6G: The Three Layers of Character
FILLING
1:15pm •
7F: Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, Play: Negotiating Time in Fiction
FILLING
2:45pm •
8F: The Right To Write: Who Owns the Story?
LIMITED
On Your Own
12:00pm •
Lunch Break
LIMITED
6:30pm •
Dinner Break
LIMITED
St. James Room
1:15pm •
7G: Finding Your Form: Exploring Storytelling through Fiction and Memoir
LIMITED
2:45pm •
8G: 'But That Really Happened': Avoid the Pitfalls of Fictionalizing Your Life
LIMITED
Statler Room
5:30pm •
Lit Lounge
LIMITED
Stuart Room
9:00am •
5H: Fiction's Inner Landscape
FILLING
10:45am •
6H: How to Build a Successful Social Media Strategy
LIMITED
Terrace Room
9:00am •
5J: All-Conference Read in Fiction: There's Something I Want You To Do by Charles Baxter
FILLING
Tremont Room
9:00am •
5K: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence
FILLING
10:45am •
6J: Where I'm Calling From--Narrative Voice in Memoir
LIMITED
1:15pm •
7H: Mapping Your Story: Place, Movement, and Territory
LIMITED
2:45pm •
8H: Essentials of Place
LIMITED
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
8:00pm •
Grub Gone...Drag ***SOLD OUT!***
LIMITED
White Hill Room
9:00am •
5L: Ready for Representation?
FILLING
10:45am •
6K: Those Scaffolds Aren't for the Hanging: Using Dramatic Structure in Fiction
FILLING
1:15pm •
7J: Query Lab
FULL
2:45pm •
8J: Making Things Happen
FILLING
Whittier Room
10:45am •
6L: Transforming Real Life Stories into Fiction
FILLING
1:15pm •
7K: How To Be Your Own Best Editor
FILLING
2:45pm •
8K: How NOT to Sabotage Your Chances With an Agent
FILLING
Winthrop Room
10:45am •
6M: Keep the Narrative Going: Effective Methods to Provide Context in Fiction [SECTION II]
LIMITED
Sunday
, May 1
Back Bay Room
10:00am •
9A: Why Literary Magazines Matter and How to Get Published in Them
FILLING
11:30am •
10A: Pathways to Publication: How to Choose the Right Route for You
FILLING
Beacon Hill Room
10:00am •
9B: After Acquisition: The Long Term Author/Publisher Relationship
LIMITED
11:30am •
10B: How To Perfect Your Pitch
LIMITED
Cabot Room
10:00am •
9C: Breaking into Ghostwriting
LIMITED
11:30am •
10C: Who Am I As a Writer?
LIMITED
Cambridge Room
10:00am •
9D: Essentials of Style
LIMITED
11:30am •
10D: Hermit Crabs: Using Form to Inspire Narrative Prose
LIMITED
Charles River Room
10:00am •
9E: Taking Yourself Seriously, Whatever Life You Have Lived
LIMITED
11:30am •
10E: The Hazards of Writing Outside the Borders
LIMITED
Franklin Room
10:00am •
9F: Setting as Character
LIMITED
11:30am •
10F: Do What You Want: Submitting Work on Your Terms
LIMITED
Grand Ballroom
8:30am •
Breakfast
LIMITED
1:00pm •
Capstone Event: Discover Me!
LIMITED
Newbury Room
10:00am •
9G: The Pros and Cons of Writing and Publishing Without an Agent
LIMITED
11:30am •
10G: Feedback Is a Conversation
LIMITED
St. James Room
10:00am •
9H: The Truthful Lie: Writing Historical Fiction
LIMITED
Tremont Room
10:00am •
9J: Showing & Telling: Putting Description to Work
LIMITED
11:30am •
10H: Be Brave: The Character of YA Literature
LIMITED
White Hill Room
10:00am •
9K: Literary Idol: Fiction
FILLING
11:30am •
10J: How to Finish: Project Management Techniques for Writers
FILLING
Whittier Room
10:00am •
9L: Secrets and Lies
FILLING
11:30am •
10K: How To Write a Kick-Ass Essay
FILLING
Winthrop Room
10:00am •
9M: What’s Your Book “About”? [SECTION II]
LIMITED
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