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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Monday, July 14 (Detailed schedule)
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:20 | Orientation |
| 9:30-10:15 | Trends? Predictions? The Future? Who the heck knows? |
| 10:30-11:15 | Handy Hints for Newbies: A Beginner’s Checklist |
| 10:30-11:15 | Classic Story Structure, part 1 |
| 11:30-12:15 | Are We There Yet? The Road to Picture Books |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:30 | Piecing Together the Past: Writing Historical Fiction |
| 2:45-4:45 | Workshops for writers |
| 2:45-4:45 | The Collaboration Begins: Workshop for Illustrators |
| 5:00-6:00 | Individual manuscript/portfolio critiques for those who pre-registered |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30-9:00 | Meet the faculty – an informal gathering |
Tuesday, July 15 (Detailed schedule)
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:20-9:20 | Individual Manuscript/portfolio critiques |
| 9:30-10:15 | Before It’s a Book |
| 10:30-11:15 | Classic Story Structure, part 2 |
| 10:30-11:15 | My Brother’s Girlfriends: or, How I Became Interested in Doing Research |
| 11:30-12:15 | Taking the Mystery Out of Mystery Writing |
| 11:30-12:15 | The Illustrator’s Toolbox* |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:30 | Publishing Income: An Oxymoron? |
| 2:45-4:45 | Workshops for Writers |
| 5:00-6:00 | Individual manuscript/portfolio critiques |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30-8:30 | Faculty readings |
Wednesday, July 16 (Detailed schedule)
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:20-9:20 | Individual manuscript/portfolio critiques |
| 9:30-10:30 | Ask the Editor. . . Anything! |
| 10:45-11:45 | Take the Plunge Into Poetry |
| 10:45-11:45 | Submitting Art: How, What and When?* |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-3:15 | “Free” time for writers to write, think, walk, revise, nap. |
| 1:30-5:00 | Illustrators’ workshop |
| 3:15-5:00 | Writers’ workshops |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
Thursday, July 17 (Detailed schedule)
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:20-9:20 | Individual Manuscript/portfolio critiques |
| 9:30-10:15 | Other People’s Lives: Writing the Biography |
| 9:30-10:15 | Oodles of Poodles: Crafting the Beginning Reader |
| 11:30-11:45 | First Impressions: How to Make a Good One |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:30 | Beyond “Show, Don’t Tell”: Building Scenes |
| 2:45-3:30 | Workshops for Writers |
| 3:45-5:00 | Writers and illustrators unite! |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
| 8:00-9:00 | Open mic |
Friday, July 18 (Detailed schedule)
| 7:30-8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:20-9:20 | Individual manuscript/portfolio critiques |
| 9:30-10:45 | First Impressions: The sequel |
| 11:00-11:45 | Wit Is Not Enough: How to Anchor Dialogue in Your Story |
| 12:00-12:30 | Nine Lives of a Writer |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:30 | Last workshop meetings for writers and illustrators |
| 2:45-3:30 | A First-Timer’s Journey |
| 3:30-4:00 | Words of wisdom from the faculty; hail and farewell |
