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Sunday, JUNE 7
9:00-9:45 am
Craft Talk: Annell Lopez
Through the Lens of One-Act Plays
In this generative craft talk, we will learn how the principles of one-act plays can be helpful for generating short stories, and how embracing the constraints of a different form can help us develop propulsive narratives. We will read a short play, discuss the merits of the form, and dive into a couple of generative exercises.
10:00-12:15 pm
Michael Knight Workshop
12:30-2:45
Olivia Clare Workshop
2:45 pm
Conference Over! Futures Bright!
Small town Oxford, MS is a writer's paradise with book stores and drinking establishments all in walking distance of the conference.
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 5
10:00-10:45 am
Workshop Introduction and Welcome
Hosted by M.O. Walsh
11:15-1:30
Michael Knight Workshop
1:45-4:00
Olivia Clare Workshop
4:15-4:45
Reading: Robert Busby
Author of Bodock: Stories
5:00-6:30 pm
*Cocktail Hour at City Grocery Bar
6:30- 8:15 pm
*DINNER on your own
8:30-9:00 pm
Keynote Speech by Scott Morris
Why AI Will Never Write Literature That Truly Matters
This talk will dive into one thing that AI cannot claim to do, in comparison to humanity's best authors, no matter how advanced it gets.
9:00 pm til:
Back porch at the Inn or sleep
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Schedule
the yokshop.
Saturday, JUNE 6
9:30-10:15 am
General Q&A: M.O. Walsh
A chance for you to ask any questions about writing,
publication strategies, landing an agent, or anything else that may be on your mind.
10:30-11:15 am
Craft Talk: Robert Busby
“What Do Any of These Characters Want: Motivations in Collision with Themselves”
“But what do any of these characters want?” Barry Hannah once asked me during a humiliating but formative undergraduate writing workshop at the University of Mississippi. In this lecture, I’ll use my shitty first draft from that workshop to chart how that particular story evolved alongside my own understanding of the most basic plot DNA, as well as how to employ tension, build suspense, and create complex characters through the use of recognition, reversal, intentional causality, and conflicting motivations. Other examples will include Tom Franklin’s “Blue Horses” and writing guidance from John Gardner, John Dufresne, Lynne Barrett, George Saunders, Benjamin Percy, Francine Prose, and that OG, Aristotle.
11:30-1:45
Olivia Clare Workshop
2:00-4:15
Michael Knight Workshop
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 Knight and Annell Lopez
8:00 pm
Spooky Excursion & Open Mic at Faulkner's Grave
(weather permitting)
9 pm til--Pondering the universe on your own or with other people. Your preference
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IN OXFORD, MS