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James Crooks
National Jewish Health
Climate Epidemiologist and Associate Professor
Denver
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Friday
, April 17
7:30am
MDT
Morning Meditation and Writer Wellbeing
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Johnny Worthen
8:00am
MDT
Newcomers Briefing
Academy
Bowen Gillings
8:30am
MDT
Emotional Resonance: Or How I Made My Dad Not Talk to Me for a Week
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Kevin Ikenberry
9:45am
MDT
The Art of the Elevator Pitch
Douglas
Nicole Luongo
11:00am
MDT
Agent Panel
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Jessica Berg • T.S. Ferguson • Bowen Gillings • Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong • Elisa Saphier
The Joy of Revision: Essential Self-Editing Strategies for Prose that Pops
Academy
Anita Mumm
12:15pm
MDT
Welcome Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant • Mary Robinette Kowal • Reavis Z. Wortham
2:00pm
MDT
Why the First 10 Pages Make or Break Your Novel (with Live Editing)
Douglas
Jessica Berg
3:15pm
MDT
Words, Words, Words
Palmer
Carol Berg
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Beyond the Bedroom: Using Physical and Emotional Intimacy to Create Authentic Character Relationships
El Paso
Dawn Alexander
7:30pm
MDT
Dinner
Ballroom
9:00pm
MDT
Marketing
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Jenny Kate • Susan Mitchell
Write Drunk, Edit Sober
Fremont
Deb Courtney
Saturday
, April 18
7:00am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
7:30am
MDT
Morning Meditation and Writer Wellbeing
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Johnny Worthen
8:30am
MDT
Don't Break the Spell:Protecting Reader Trust
El Paso
Callie Stoker
9:45am
MDT
The Super Power of Writing Sprints: Smash Writer’s Block (2 hours)
Palmer
Johnny Worthen
12:15pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant
2:00pm
MDT
Strong Character Voice: What It Is, What It’s Not, and How to Achieve It
Academy
Taryn Skipper
3:15pm
MDT
From Cardboard Cutouts to Compelling Characters: Using Authentic Action to Bring Life to Your Story
Douglas
Dawn Alexander
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Deeper Reading for Deeper Writing
Douglas
Johnny Worthen
7:30pm
MDT
Banquet
Ballroom
Reavis Z. Wortham
Sunday
, April 19
7:30am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:00am
MDT
Morning Meditation and Writer Wellbeing
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Johnny Worthen
9:00am
MDT
Self-Publishing: Is It Your Friend or Foe?
Palmer
Laurie Marr Wasmund
Story Structure: A Master-Level Class in One of Writing’s Most Daunting Subjects (2 hours)
Academy
Kevin Ikenberry
11:30am
MDT
Tough Talk: Writing Effective Dialogue
Academy
Laurie Marr Wasmund
12:30pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal
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