Saturday, JUNE 10
10:00-10:45 am
Coffee and Q&A: M.O. Walsh
Neal will host an open discussion to address any questions attendees might have about the writing life: publishing advice, craft advice, teaching advice. General anecdotes. This meeting is unstructured and optional to attend as some folks have already heard everything Neal has to say.
11:00-11:45 am
CRAFT TALK: Michael Farris Smith
"So, how do you do that?": Shifting Your Story to the Screen
This talk will focus on strategies for adapting your prose into screenplays.
12:00-1:00 pm
*LUNCH on your own
1:30-4:00 pm
WORKSHOP:
Scott Morris (*Hannah/Ford Room--Bondurant hall)
Olivia Clare (Griffin Boardroom--Inn at Ole Miss)
4:30-6:30 pm
*DINNER at TAYLOR CATFISH, Taylor, MS
Meet bus at Inn at Ole Miss at 4:30 pm
7:00-7:45 pm
Featured Faculty Reading & Book Signing*
at Off Square Books
Michael Farris Smith & C. Morgan Babst
8:00 pm or later
Spooky Excursion & Open Mic at Faulkner's Grave
(weather permitting)
Small town Oxford, MS is a writer's paradise with book stores and drinking establishments all in walking distance of the conference.
Schedule
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Sunday, JUNE 11
10:00-10:45 am
CRAFT TALK: C. Morgan Babst
"You CAN Go Home Again: On Ghosts and Other Historical Fictions"
Strategies for writing fiction based on true events and the research and re-envisioning of history involved.
11:00-2:00 pm
WORKSHOP:
Scott Morris (Griffin Boardroom at Inn at Ole Miss)
Olivia Clare (*Hannah/Ford room in Bondurant Hall)
2:00 pm
Fond Farewells!
Dress for all events is casual. Come as you are!
All events unless * are at The Inn at Ole Miss in Griffin Boardroom on 2nd floor
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
10:00-10:45 am
Workshop Introduction and Welcome
Hosted by M.O. Walsh
11:00-12:15
*LUNCH on your own
12:30-3:30 pm
WORKSHOP
Scott Morris (Griffin Boardroom at Inn at Ole Miss)
Olivia Clare (*Hannah/Ford Room in Bondurant Hall)
4:00-4:45
Craft Talk: Sheila Sundar
"Creating Living People: Making our Characters Vivid and Real"
Sheila will discuss strategies for characterization that help make fictional characters come to life.
5:00-6:30 pm
*Cocktail Hour at City Grocery Bar
6:30- 8:00 pm
*DINNER on your own
8:15-9:00 pm
Keynote Speech by Scott Morris:
Reading, Writing, Story and the Emergence of the Self:
Augustine's Breakthrough