Name: Emotional Resonance: Or How I Made My Dad Not Talk to Me for a Week
Start: 2026-04-17T08:30:00-0600
End: 2026-04-17T09:30:00-0600

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Emotional Resonance: Or How I Made My Dad Not Talk to Me for a Week

Friday April 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am MDT

Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge

Readers connect through emotion. This class explores how to use tropes, the mirror effect, self-realization, and comparison to foster emotional depth and connection. Examples will focus on popular literary and cinematic characters and why these "tricks of the trade" work so well, and how writers can use them to great effect.

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Kevin Ikenberry

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Kevin Ikenberry is a life-long space geek and retired Army officer. As an adult, he managed the U.S. Space Camp program, two Challenger Learning Centers, and served on active duty in space operations before Space Force was a thing. He’s an international bestselling science fiction... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am MDT
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge

Craft of Writing

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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026

Kevin Ikenberry

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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026

Kevin Ikenberry

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