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The Writing Show

Our monthly panel discussion on the craft and business of writing is held on the last Thursday of (almost) every month.

A History of All Writing Show Speakers

Date

Subject

Speakers

Host

2/25/10
What’s Love Got to Do With It?   T.S. Prunier
1/28/10
What’s Hot and What’s Not: Local bookstore owners discuss publishing, readership, and new trends in the world of books. Patrick Godfrey, Kelly Justice, Kelly Kyle, Ward Tefft Jason Tesauro
10/29/09
Mysteries, They Write: An Evening with Three Mystery Masters Donna Andrews, Meredith Cole, Andy Straka Emyl Jenkins
9/24/09
A Little Help from my Friends:
Writing a Novel in Good Company
Carolyn Parkhurst, Leslie Pietrzyk, Susann Cokal Virginia Pye

8/27/09

Me, Myself & I: A Conversation About Modern Memoir

Shawna Kenney, Rodney Lofton, Anne Thomas Soffee

Nicole Anderson Ellis

6/25/09

From Page to Stage or Screen: A Discussion with Professional Playwrights and Screenwriters

Clay McLeod Chapman, Megan Holley, Bryan Doerries

Michael Cordell

5/28/09

Where the Wild Things Are: The Irrational World of Children's Literature

Gigi Amateau, Erica Kirov, Meg Medina

Lucinda Whitehurst

4/30/09

Building A Writing Career: Literary Magazines, MFA Programs, Writers Conferences, Contests and the Necessary Art of Rejection

Colleen Curran, Thom Didato, Mary Flinn

Virginia Pye

3/26/09

The Gods Must Be Crazy:
The Intersection of Writing and Spirituality

Jeannette Drake, Stephen Corey, Eliezer Sobel

Valley Haggard

2/26/09

From Rags to Riches:
The Art of Self-Promotion

Slash Coleman, Jenny Block,
Noah Scalin

Valley Haggard

1/29/09

The Future of Fiction

Alan Cheuse, Joshua Kendall

Valley Haggard

11/20/08

Just the Facts, Ma'am (research)

Jeff Sypeck, Maggie Stiefvater,
Phaedra Hise

Bill Blume

10/30/08

Beating the Block
(preparing for NaNoWriMo)

Jon Kukla,
Tiffany Trent, Brooks Smith

Bill Blume

9/25/08

Building Tension (when plotting
any story - fiction or non-)

Charles Lamb, Dean King,
Susann Cokal

Bill Blume

7/31/08

Good Guys Gone Bad:
What is an Anti-Hero?

Doug Jones, Dan Neman

Bill Blume

6/26/08

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Writing Show

Lord Carrett, Brett Leake,
Stephen Evans

Kelly Justice

5/29/08

The Right Words In the Right Order: Why All Writers Need Poetry

David Wojahn, Ron Smith, Cheryl
Pallant, Josh Poteat, Liz Canfield

Virginia Pye

4/24/08

Plotting your Novel or
Short Story

Ed Falco, Gigi Amateau,
David L. Robbins

Susann Cokal

3/27/08

Writing for Advertising

Hugh Gouldthorpe, Joe Alexander,
Caroline Kettlewell, Kathleen Toler

Carol Roper

2/28/08

How NOT to Get an Agent

Lori Perkins (L. Perkins Agency)

Bill Blume

1/31/08

Meet Your Best Editor:  YOU

David L. Robbins, Dean King
Andrew Corsello

Jason Tesauro

11/29/07

Magazine Writing:
Breaking into the Local Market

Paula Squires, Karen Schwartzkopf,
Annie Tobey, Chad Anderson

Sherrie Najarian

10/25/07

Speech Writing

Gordon C. Morse

Jason Tesauro

7/26/07

How to Talk with an Agent

Tracy Fisher (William Morris Agency)

David L. Robbins

6/28/07

Writing Groups: 

Cassandra Medley, Emyl Jenkins
Scott Foran

Jason Tesauro

5/31/07

Travel Writing
for Fun and Profit

Bill Goodwin, Katherine Calos,
Richard Ernsberger

Liz Skrobiszewski-
Humes

4/26/07

The First Five Pages

David Stevens, Deirdra McAfee,
Susann Cokal

David L. Robbins

3/29/07

The Writing Life

Rosalind Miles, Robin Cross

David L. Robbins

2/22/07

Literary Luvin'

Dallas Hudgens, Judi McCoy,
Marliss Melton and Diane Whiteside

Jason Tesauro

1/25/07

Legal-Ease for Writers: 
The Fine Print Does Matter

Kirk Schroder

Dean King

11/30/06

Whodunnit & Howdunnit:
Writing Thrillers

Steve Berry, Brian Haig

David L. Robbins

10/26/06

A True Story
is Hard to Tell

Lamar Herrin, Phaedra Hise
Ron Smith

Caroline
Kettlewell

9/28/06

"What a Clever Thing,"
she said: Writing Dialogue

Edward Falco, Douglas Jones,
Irene Ziegler

Jason Tesauro

7/27/06

Tour of the RTD Hanover Plant

 

 

6/29/06

Ink on the Clock:
Writing for Magazines
and Newspapers

Garland Pollard, Holly Prestidge,
Jennifer Niesslein, Dave McCormack,
Stephanie Wilkinson

Jason Tesauro

5/25/06

Research:
Putting the "Story" in History

Neil Hanson, David L. Robbins,
Susann Cokal, Sascha Auerbach

Darren Morris

4/27/06

Screenwriting 101

Clint McCown

Chris Moore

03/30/06

The Author and the Image:
Graphic Novels, Comics & Cartoons

Tom DeHaven, Jesse Bausch,
Rob Ullman, Christian Keesee
Patrick Godfrey

Darren Morris

2/23/06

Comedy Writing: Chris Regan
of THE DAILY SHOW

Chris Regan

Chris Moore,
Joe Lawson

1/26/06

Tracking Down the Story

Lisa Bacon and Brandon Reynolds

Darren Morris

11/17/05

Point of View

David Stevens

Darren Morris

10/6/05

An Evening with an Agent

Owen Laster (William Morris Agency)

David L. Robbins

9/22/05

Muse

Megan Holley and Clint McCown

Darren Morris

7/28/05

Writing and the Internet

Doug Childers, Jeff Lodge,
Steven Krause

Dennis Danvers

6/30/05

Revision

Susann Cokal, Clay Chapman,
Caroline Kettlewell

Dennis Danvers

5/26/05

Teacher, Teacher

Richard McCann, Leslie Shiel,
Deidra McAfee

Dennis Danvers

4/28/05

Business of Writing:
How to Get Published

Andrew Corsello, Phaedra Hise,
Susan Winiecki, Gretchen Comba,
Cheryl Pallant

Dennis Danvers

3/16/05

Craft of Writing: Plot

Caroline Kettlewell, Dean King,
Ann McMillan, Colleen Curran

Dennis Danvers