The updated 2021 schedule will be posted in months to come.
2019 Conference Schedule
Breakfast and lunch are provided each day in a setting where participants and presenters mix.
Friday, November 8th, 2019
| Time | Kauai Ballroom 2 | Kauai Ballroom 1 | Puna Classroom 1 | Puna Classroom 2 |
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| 7:30 – 9:00 |
– BREAKFAST – Puna and Kauai Courts (Registration table open 7:30 by Puna Ballroom) |
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| 9:00 – 9:30 | WELCOME AND BLESSING Kumu Sabra Kauka and her hula halau |
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| 9:30 – 10:30 | Meg Wolitzer, Christina Baker Kline, Greg Iles Sources of Inspiration Moderated by Kevin Larimer |
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| 10:45 – 11:45 | Mike Robbins The Power of Authenticity |
Joshua Mohr, Nicholas Delbanco What makes good writing good? |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 |
– LUNCH – Puna and Kauai Courts |
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| 1:15 – 2:15 | Greg Iles Workshop: Plot Structure |
Richard Bausch Workshop: Short Story |
Ken Sherman Workshop: Screenwriting & adapting books to film |
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| 2:30 – 3:30 | Amy Ferris, Linda Schreyer Workshop: Memoir |
Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim Workshop: Story Arc |
Laura Lentz Workshop: Writing about Sex |
Meg Wolitzer, Katie Davis Workshop: Writing for Young Adults – Oh, the People You’ve Been! Accessing Your Younger Self When Writing YA |
| 3:45-4:45 | Téa Obreht The Tigers Wife: the inside story |
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| 6:00 – 9:30 | – LUAU – Dinner followed by Punua Family performance At the Luau Gardens under the tent. |
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Saturday, November 9th, 2019
| Time | Kauai Ballroom 2 | Kauai Ballroom 1 | Puna Classroom 1 | Puna Classroom 2 |
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| 7:30 – 9:00 |
– BREAKFAST – Puna and Kauai Courts |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 | Christina Baker Kline, Amanda Eyre Ward Workshop: Creating Emotion on the Page |
David Henry Sterry, Arielle Eckstut Four Paths to Getting Published |
Mark Kurlansky Workshop: Nonfiction |
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| 10:05 – 11:05 | Paula McLain, Priya Parmar, Whitney Scharer, Amanda Eyre Ward The writer’s path with individual breakout sessions |
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| 11:10 – 12:05 | Greg Iles How and why I write |
Joshua Mohr Plaracterization: The kiss between plot and character |
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| 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 |
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| 2:30 – 3:25 | Women’s Voices Amy Ferris, Linda Schreyer, Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim, Brooke Warner |
Paula McLain The Exquisite Risk: Inviting mystery, uncertainty and vulnerability into the creative process |
Katie Davis 9 Actionable Tools to Get Your BIC (Butt in Chair) |
Carrie Feron, Lisa Sharkey What Harper Collins looks for in fiction and nonfiction |
| 3:35 – 4:25 | Tea Obreht Reflections on authenticity of voice and subject matter |
Nicholas Delbanco Elena Delbanco Lastingness: Writing in our Latter Decades |
Kevin Larimer The craft and business of journalism |
Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim The Art of the Crime Thriller |
| 4:35 – 5:25 | Christina Baker Kline Creativity (multimedia presentation) |
Brooke Warner She Writes Press: A Model for Alternative Publishing Channels |
Richard Bausch Workshop: Short Story |
Mark Kurlansky Non-fiction: Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary |
| 8:00 – 9:30 | – CONCERT – Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Very special guest to be announced Under the tent at the Kalapaki Beach Luau Gardens |
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Sunday, November 10th
| Time | Kauai Ballroom 2 | Kauai Ballroom 1 | Puna classroom 1 | Puna classroom 2 | ||
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| 9:00 – 11:00 |
– COURTYARD BRUNCH – |
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| 11:00 – 12:30 |
– PITCHAPALOOZA –
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– Our Writing Process –
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| 12:45-1:45 | Greg Iles Workshop: Character Development |
Joshua Mohr Workshop: Finding & Honing Your Voice |
Stephanie Cabot, Susan Golomb, How agents evaluate your work |
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| 1:55-2:55 | Whitney Scharer, Priya Parmar Workshop: Historical Fiction |
Ken Sherman Does your book have film or TV potential? Some unlikely examples. |
Andy Ross, Lisa Sharkey, Carrie Feron Alia Habib, Michelle Tessler Surviving and thriving in today’s new publishing landscape |
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| 3:05-4:05 | Stephanie Cabot, Priya Parmar The Author/Agent Dynamic |
Nicholas Delbanco Workshop: Voice & Point of View |
Katie Davis Picture Book Pacing: How To Get It Right |
Roger Jellinek, Kevin Larimer, Brooke Warner Many Paths to Publishing Success |
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| 4:15-5:00 | Meg Wolitzer Write What’s Important To You |
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| 5:00-5:20 | Closing Ceremony | |||||