​​​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.

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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