2019 Conference Schedule

(subject to change)

Breakfast and lunch are provided each day in a setting where participants and presenters mix.

Friday November 8th, 2019

Time	Kauai Ballroom 1	Kauai Ballroom 2	Puna Classroom 1	Puna Classroom 2
7:30 – 9:00	– BREAKFAST – (Registration table open 7:30 by Puna Ballroom)
9:00 – 9:30	WELCOME AND BLESSING Kumu Sabra Kauka and her hula halau
9:30 – 10:30	Christina Baker Kline, Greg Iles, Meg Wolitzer Sources of Inspiration
10:45 – 11:45	Joshua Mohr, Paula McLain, What makes good writing good?	Mike Robbins The Power of Authenticity
12:00 – 1:00	– LUNCH –
1:15 – 2:30	Nicholas Delbanco Workshop: Voice & Point of View	Greg Iles Workshop: Plot Structure	Richard Bausch Workshop: Short Story	Meg Wolitzer, Katie Davis Workshop: Writing for Young Adults – Oh, the People You’ve Been! Accessing Your Younger Self When Writing YA
2:45 – 4:00	Amy Ferris Workshop: Memoir	Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim Workshop: Story Arc	Laura Lentz Workshop: Writing about Sex	Ken Sherman Workshop: Screenwriting & adapting books to film
4:15 – 5:00	Whitney Scharer How The Age of Light earned the highest price ever paid for a debut novel		Téa Obreht The Tigers Wife: the inside story	Mark Kurlansky Non-fiction: Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary
6:00 – 9:30	– LUAU – Dinner followed by Punua Family performance At the Luau Gardens by the beach. (Ballroom 2 in case of rain)

Saturday November 9th, 2019

Time	Kauai Ballroom 1	Kauai Ballroom 2	Puna Classroom 1	Puna Classroom 2
7:30 – 9:00	– BREAKFAST –
9:00 – 10:15	Mark Kurlansky Workshop: Nonfiction		Lisa Wingate Finding the sacred in the commonplace.	Christina Baker Kline Workshop: Creating Emotion on the Page.
10:25 – 11:10	Kevin Larimer The craft and business of journalism		Paula McLain The Exquisite Risk: Inviting mystery, uncertainty and vulnerability into the creative process.
11:20 – 12:05	Greg Iles How and why I write		Téa Obreht My Writing Process
12:15 – 2:15	BEACH SIDE LUNCH – Poetry Reading with Jane Hirshfield “A Larger Yes: Poetry as a Vessel of Discovery, Mindfulness, Expansion and Engagement” 12:15 – 1:15 Lunch \| 1:15 – 2:15 Poetry Reading Under the tent at the Kalapaki Beach Luau Grounds
2:25 – 3:25	Women’s Voices Amy Ferris, Linda Schreyer, Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim, Brooke Warner		Carrie Feron What Harper Collins looks for in fiction	Lisa Sharkey What Harper Collins looks for in non-fiction
3:35 – 4:35	Christina Baker Kline Creativity (multimedia presentation)	Nicholas Delbanco Is literature dying?	Joshua Mohr Plaracterization: The kiss between plot and character	Katie Davis Picture Book Pacing: How To Get It Right
4:45 – 5:30	Agents in a panel discussion on how they work. Participants submit first paragraphs to be quickly critiqued.		Lisa Wingate Story telling for families. Lest we forget.	Paula McLain The Power of Place—Setting and World Building in Long-form Fiction.
8:00 – 9:30	– CONCERT – Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Special Guest to be announced – Kauai Ballroom 2

Sunday November 10th

Time	Kauai Ballroom 2	Kauai Ballroom 3	Puna classroom 1	Puna classroom 2	Puna classroom 3
9:00 – 11:00	– COURTYARD BRUNCH –
11:00 – 12:30	– PITCHAPALOOZA – David Henry Sterry, Arielle Eckstut (Kauai Ballroom 1)
1:00 – 2:00	Greg Iles Workshop: Character Development	Richard Bausch Workshop: Short Story	Joshua Mohr Workshop: Finding & Honing Your Voice	Whitney Scharer, Priya Parmar Workshop: Historical Fiction	Stephanie Cabot, Susan Golomb, Emma Sweeney, Alia Habib How agents evaluate your work
2:10 – 3:10	Lisa Sharkey, Carrie Feron Working with your publisher	Amy Ferris, Linda Schreyer A funny thing happened on the way to writing the great American Novel.	Tea Obreht Reflections on authenticity of voice and subject matter.	Ken Sherman Does your book have film or TV potential? Some unlikely examples.	Andy Ross, Alia Habib, Elizabeth Kracht, Michelle Tessler Surviving and thriving in today’s new publishing landscape.
3:20 – 4:20	Nicholas Delbanco Voice & Point of View: Lessons from the Masters	Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim The Art of the Crime Thriller	Stephanie Cabot, Priya Parmar The Author/Agent Dynamic	Meg Wolitzer Creating Compelling Characters	Roger Jellinek, Kevin Larimer, Brooke Warner Many Paths to Publishing Success
4:30 – 5:30	Brooke Warner She Writes Press: A Model for Alternative Publishing Channels.	Meg Wolitzer Write What’s Important To You	Katie Davis 9 Actionable Tools to Get Your BIC (Butt in Chair)