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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)
   

 

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