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- The Art and Craft of Writing Powerful Emotions: In this talk, renowned poet and author Ellen Bass shows how to craft emotionally powerful writing, without veering into sentimentality.
- How to Set Yourself Up for Success Before and After Publication: In this talk, Senior Book Publicist Isabella Nugent shares practical strategies for a successful book launch -- so you can win over readers, get publicity, and sell your books.
- Revision Tips & Tricks to Make Your Manuscript Shine: In this talk, New York Times bestselling author Emily Colin shares practical strategies for revising your manuscript, so you successfully prepare your work for publication.
- How to Write Opening Pages that Win Over Readers and Agents: In this talk, literary agent Eric Smith shares tips for winning over agents and readers with your opening pages.
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The Art and Craft of Writing Powerful Emotions
With Acclaimed Poet Ellen Bass
We all want our writing to be emotionally powerful, but how do we express strong feelings without falling into irritating sentimentality? During this lecture, Ellen talks about the courage required to run right up to the edge of sentimentality and the craft required not to spill over into it. As Oscar Wilde said, “A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.”
During this talk, Ellen also also discusses writing that demonstrates the complex marriage of thought and feeling, and shares strategies to heighten the intimacy of your writing and turn up the heat.
Ellen Bass is a bestselling writer, poet, and educator. She is the author of ten poetry collections and three nonfiction books. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many other places. She has won numerous awards, and is considered one of the pre-eminent poets of our times.
During this talk, Ellen also also discusses writing that demonstrates the complex marriage of thought and feeling, and shares strategies to heighten the intimacy of your writing and turn up the heat.
Ellen Bass is a bestselling writer, poet, and educator. She is the author of ten poetry collections and three nonfiction books. Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many other places. She has won numerous awards, and is considered one of the pre-eminent poets of our times.
How to Set Yourself Up for Success Before and After Publication
With Senior Publicist Isabella Nugent
During this talk, Isabella shares tips on how authors can work with a publicist to set themselves up for success, pre-and-post publication. She also shares her insights on how authors can tap into their communities and find the right readers for their books.
Isabella Nugent is a publicist with Blackstone Publishing, where she manages publicity campaigns for bestselling authors and celebrity clients.
Isabella Nugent is a publicist with Blackstone Publishing, where she manages publicity campaigns for bestselling authors and celebrity clients.
How to Write Opening Pages that Win Over Readers and Agents
With Literary Agent Eric Smith
Writers often stress about those first few opening pages that occasionally accompany a query letter and get pasted into an email. What are agents looking for? Well, turns out, it's the same thing readers are looking for. In this talk, author and literary agent Eric Smith will break down query letter basics and must-haves, and then dig into what makes those first few pages (really your first chapter) sing.
Eric Smith is an established literary agent with P.S. Literary, as well as a successful author.
Revision Tips & Tricks to Make Your Manuscript Shine
With New York Times Bestselling Author Emily Colin
You’ve finished your manuscript. You’ve invested time, energy and perhaps money, gathered feedback from critique partners, and spent hours on making your manuscript submission-ready—but something’s not quite right. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to see your manuscript with fresh eyes, get to the heart of what’s not working, and—best of all—figure out how to fix it.
Emily Colin is a New York Times bestselling author, as well as an instructor for The Writers' Workshop at Authors Publish.
Emily Colin is a New York Times bestselling author, as well as an instructor for The Writers' Workshop at Authors Publish.
Six Lessons on Crafting an Unforgettable Story
With John Claude Bemis
Gain insights on writing an unforgettable story -- with surprising storytelling lessons from Maurice Sendak's classic book, Where the Wild Things Are.
This talk provides inspiration and guidance for authors of both children's books and adult books. During the talk, John shares insights on plot, character, conflict, style, and more.
John Claude Bemis is an award winning author and educator with published by Penguin Random House and Disney/Hyperion.
This talk provides inspiration and guidance for authors of both children's books and adult books. During the talk, John shares insights on plot, character, conflict, style, and more.
John Claude Bemis is an award winning author and educator with published by Penguin Random House and Disney/Hyperion.
Writing to Save the World
With acclaimed author Danté Stewart.
In his 1961 book, Nobody Knows My Name, writer James Baldwin shared that, “in this endeavor to wed the vision of the Old World with that of the New, it is the writer, not the statesman, who is our strongest arm.” From the beginning of time, writing has been a medium for discovery of inner creativity but social change. In this talk, writer Danté Stewart travels deep into his own story, his love of craft, and the lives that have shaped him as a way to explore the ways writing saves the world.
Danté Stewart is a speaker and a writer whose work in the areas of race, religion, and politics has been featured on CNN and in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and elsewhere. He received the Georgia Author of the Year Award for his memoir, Shoutin’ in the Fire
Danté Stewart is a speaker and a writer whose work in the areas of race, religion, and politics has been featured on CNN and in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Sojourners, and elsewhere. He received the Georgia Author of the Year Award for his memoir, Shoutin’ in the Fire
The Path to Publication: An Agent-Author Dialogue
With Literary Agent Michael Mungiello and Author Daisuke Shen
During the talk, Michael and Daisuke discuss the role of an agent -- from both the agent's and the author's perspective. You'll learn how an agent can help hone a manuscript throughout the submission process. You'll also learn the right questions to ask before choosing an agent, and the role an agent can have for an author's long-term prospects.
Michael Mungiello is a literary agent at Inkwell Management. His interests include intellectual histories, counterintuitive social science, literary criticism, and jazz.
Daisuke Shen is the author of the short story collection Vague Predictions & Prophecies (forthcoming CLASH Books 2024), and the novella Funeral (with Vi Khi Nao, KERNPUNKT Press 2023). They live in New York City.
Michael Mungiello is a literary agent at Inkwell Management. His interests include intellectual histories, counterintuitive social science, literary criticism, and jazz.
Daisuke Shen is the author of the short story collection Vague Predictions & Prophecies (forthcoming CLASH Books 2024), and the novella Funeral (with Vi Khi Nao, KERNPUNKT Press 2023). They live in New York City.
How to End a Poem with Resonance
With Kimiko Hahn
Closure is the reader's last encounter with your work. It is uniquely important. So why do so many writers slap on and ending that feels like the writer is trying to get out the exit door? Why do so many endings offer no resonance?
In this workshop, Kimiko discusses different kinds of closure, and illuminates how and why one works more fully than another.
Kimiko Hahn is the author of ten books of poems, including the Narrow Road to the Interior, and The Unbearable Heart, which received an American Book Award. Hahn’s honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Voelcker Award, Shelley Memorial Prize, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In this workshop, Kimiko discusses different kinds of closure, and illuminates how and why one works more fully than another.
Kimiko Hahn is the author of ten books of poems, including the Narrow Road to the Interior, and The Unbearable Heart, which received an American Book Award. Hahn’s honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Voelcker Award, Shelley Memorial Prize, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Practical Ways to Combat "Publishing Block"
With Author and Editor Emily Harstone
During the talk, Emily shares the practical strategies many authors have used to overcome "publishing block" and build a successful publishing career.
This talk is for anyone who is looking for practical strategies that can open the door to regularly publishing their creative writing.
Emily Harstone is a founding editor at Authors Publish Magazine. Emily is also the author of many popular books for writers, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions, The 2023 Guide to Manuscript Publishers, and Submit, Publish, Repeat: How to Publish Your Creative Writing in Literary Journals
This talk is for anyone who is looking for practical strategies that can open the door to regularly publishing their creative writing.
Emily Harstone is a founding editor at Authors Publish Magazine. Emily is also the author of many popular books for writers, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions, The 2023 Guide to Manuscript Publishers, and Submit, Publish, Repeat: How to Publish Your Creative Writing in Literary Journals
Not a Poem, Not an Essay, but a Secret Third Thing: Introduction to the Zuihitsu, a Japanese Genre
With Eugenia Leigh
Join acclaimed poet and editor Eugenia Leigh for a one hour talk and Q&A session. The subject: The Zuihitsu, a Japanese form of writing that is neither an essay, or a poem, but a "secret third thing."
During the talk, Eugenia shares examples of the form reinterpreted by contemporary American poets, and provide tools to inspire participants to create their own zuihitsu.
Eugenia Leigh's poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Atlantic, The Nation, Guernica, Poetry, Ploughshares, and Poetry Northwest. Her latest book, Bianca, was released this March.
During the talk, Eugenia shares examples of the form reinterpreted by contemporary American poets, and provide tools to inspire participants to create their own zuihitsu.
Eugenia Leigh's poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Atlantic, The Nation, Guernica, Poetry, Ploughshares, and Poetry Northwest. Her latest book, Bianca, was released this March.
How to Write a Dynamic Act One for Your Novel
With Ley Taylor Johnson
During this talk, Ley dives into the most essential scenes in the first act of your novel and shows you how to answer key questions with those scenes, so you can hook readers and meet the needs of publishers.
Ley Taylor Johnson is an author and editor living in the Pacific Northwest. Ley is the author of How to Write a Dynamic Act One: A Guide for Novelists, published by Authors Publish Press.
Ley Taylor Johnson is an author and editor living in the Pacific Northwest. Ley is the author of How to Write a Dynamic Act One: A Guide for Novelists, published by Authors Publish Press.
Reflections on Voice and Responsibility in Poetry
With Kwame Dawes
Art can give delight, can elevate us, can be affirming and sublime, but art can be damaging, dangerous, violent, and someone has to be accountable.
During the talk, Kwame discusses the complex questions of voice, of self, of narration, of responsibility and of meaning in poetry. Essentially, when we take the “I” out of the equation, we gain certain freedom, but that same freedom is a dangerous thing, for it removes responsibility, and for Kwame, all art should contend with the pressures of accountability.
Kwame Dawes has authored 36 books of poetry, fiction, criticism, and essays, including, most recently, Nebraska (UNP, 2019), Bivouac (Akashic Books, 2019), and City of Bones: A Testament (Northwestern, 2017). Speak from Here to There (Peepal Tree Press), co-written with Australian poet John Kinsella, appeared in 2016. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner and Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Dawes is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
During the talk, Kwame discusses the complex questions of voice, of self, of narration, of responsibility and of meaning in poetry. Essentially, when we take the “I” out of the equation, we gain certain freedom, but that same freedom is a dangerous thing, for it removes responsibility, and for Kwame, all art should contend with the pressures of accountability.
Kwame Dawes has authored 36 books of poetry, fiction, criticism, and essays, including, most recently, Nebraska (UNP, 2019), Bivouac (Akashic Books, 2019), and City of Bones: A Testament (Northwestern, 2017). Speak from Here to There (Peepal Tree Press), co-written with Australian poet John Kinsella, appeared in 2016. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner and Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Dawes is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
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