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Nancy Pica Renken
NancyPRenken.com
About me
RMFW, Spec Fic Writers, short story & flash fiction writer
Friday
, April 17
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
Scene and Sequel
El Paso
Pam McCutcheon
11:00am
MDT
0 to 60: Write Pacing Your Readers Won’t Forget
Palmer
Stant Litore
12:15pm
MDT
Welcome Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal • Pippa Grant • 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
Read & Critique Session 5
Fremont
Kelley J. P. Lindberg • T.S. Ferguson • Drue VanDuker
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Middles and Try-Fail Cycles
Douglas
Mary Robinette Kowal
7:30pm
MDT
Dinner
Ballroom
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
Decision Making for Authors
Palmer
Kevin Ikenberry
9:45am
MDT
MICE Quotient
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Mary Robinette Kowal
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
7:30pm
MDT
Banquet
Ballroom
Reavis Z. Wortham
Sunday
, April 19
7:30am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
9:00am
MDT
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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