When:
Friday, July 8, 2022
All day
Where: Online
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Amy Danzer
Group: School of Professional Studies
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
The Northwestern University Summer Writers' Conference is back, and it’s online again so you can join us from anywhere in the world!
Learn the fundamentals of screenwriting, how to write about friends, family, lovers. Hear from award-winning authors on how to access originality, capture the poetics of place, the power of acrostics. Get pro tips from professionals in publishing and promotions. You can also schedule an individual manuscript consultation with conference faculty.
The conference is a wonderful opportunity to seek a fuller understanding of the craft—and business—of writing.
Friday, July 8
9:30-10:30am CT
Beyond Child’s Play: The Beauty and Power of Acrostics with Faisal Mohyuddin
11:00am-noon CT
Scriptwriting Fundamentals with Christine Sneed
12:30-1:30pmCT
Panel Discussion: Behind the Scenes of Independent Book Publishing, Ft. Haki Madhubuti and Doug Seibold
2:00-3:00pm CT
The Body Intervenes: Personal Narrative and The Body with Megan Stielstra
3:30-4:30pm CT
Multi-Genre Revision with Rebecca Morgan Frank
Saturday, July 9
9:30-10:30am CT
Writing About Friends, Family and Lovers: Telling Your Truth while Holding Space for Compassion with Paula Carter
11:00am-Noon CT
The Origins of the Original with Rebecca Makkai
12:30-1:30pm CT
Panel Discussion: Promoting and Selling Your Book, Ft. Julia Borcherts and Sara Casey Connell
2:00-3:00pm CT
How to Describe Characters with Gioia Diliberto
3:30-4:30pm Writing Ourselves into Place with Maya Marshall
Tuition:
Select 1 Session -- $30
Select 3 Sessions -- $70
Select 5 Sessions -- $100
Unlimited Sessions -- $150
For details and to register, click here.