Date |
Subject |
Speakers |
Host |
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6/24/10 |
Scene and Subtext: Three playwrights discuss how to use action, suspense and dialogue to create scenes that jump off the page |
Marta Rainer, Bo Wilson, Douglas Jones |
Irene Ziegler
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5/27/10 |
Can I get a Witness:
Writing for Social Change |
Emily Troutman, Linda Beatrice Brown, Michael Paul Williams |
Maya Payne Smart
Listen to podcast or view slideshow with audio |
4/29/10 |
From Random Thought to Random House: An author, an agent, and an editor discuss the making of a book |
Michele Young-Stone, Michelle Brower, Sarah Knight |
Virginia Pye
Listen to podcast or view slideshow with audio |
3/25/10 |
Stranger than Fiction: Nonfiction writers discuss the art of the first-person narrative through essay, anthology, memoir and journalism |
David Henry Sterry, Phyllis Theroux, Candace Walsh |
Slash Coleman
Listen to podcast or view slideshow with audio |
2/25/10 |
What’s Love Got to Do With It? |
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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
Listen to podcast or view slideshow with audio |
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 |
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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 |