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The Writing Show || Writers Conference 2010
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The Writing Show

Girls of Summer: A Conversation with Authors who Celebrate Strong Girls

July 28, 2011 -- Steve Watkins, Rebecca Lauren, Valerie O. Patterson and hosts David L. Robbins

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He Said, She Said: Mastering Dialogue for the Screen, Stage & Page

June 30, 2011 -- Helene Wagner, Artisia Green, V. Mark Covington and host David L. Robbins

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Lyrics, Limericks & Lines: The Power of Poetry and Song

April 28, 2011 -- Daniel José Custódio, Susan Greenbaum, Luisa Igloria

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We’re Not Making this Up: Writing Biographies and Personal Profiles

March 31, 2011 -- Bill Lohmann, Nancy Schoenberger, Ellen F. Brown and moderator Jann Malone

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Writing Richmond: Researching and Capturing Our City in Fiction and Nonfiction

Jan. 27, 2011 -- With Elizabeth Smartt, Brooks Smith, Rebekah L. Pierce and moderator Kris Spisak

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Pitch Perfect: An Author and an Agent Discuss the Process of Perfecting a Manuscript for Publication

Oct. 28, 2010 -- With Tom DeHaven, Elizabeth Evans and moderator Valley Haggard

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Tracking Down the Story: Research for Fiction and Nonfiction

Sept. 30, 2010 -- With Phaedra Hise, Dean King and David L. Robbins and moderator Virginia Pye

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Get Your E-Game On! Smart Social Media for the Writer

Aug. 26, 2010 -- With Ron Hogan, Rebecca Joines Schinsky, Joe Wallace and host Kelly Justice

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Scene and Subtext: Three playwrights discuss how to use action, suspense and dialogue to create scenes that jump off the page

June 24, 2010 -- With Marta Rainer, Bo Wilson, Douglas Jones and host Irene Ziegler

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Can I Get a Witness: Writing for Social Change

May 27, 2010 -- With Michael Paul Williams, Linda Beatrice Brown, Emily Troutman, and host Maya Payne Smart

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From Random Thought to Random House

April 29, 2010 -- An author, an agent, and an editor discuss the making of a book. With Michele Young-Stone, Michelle Brower, Sarah Knight, and host Virginia Pye.

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Stranger Than Fiction

March 25, 2010 -- Hear non-fiction writers David Henry Sterry, Phyllis Theroux, Candace Walsh, along with host Slash Coleman, discuss the art of the first-person narrative through essay, anthology, memoir and journalism.

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What's Hot and What's Not

Jan. 29, 2010 -- Hear local bookstore owners Patrick Godfrey, Kelly Justice, Kelly Kyle and Ward Tefft, along with host Jason Tesauro, discuss publishing, readership, and new trends in the world of books.

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James River Writers Conference 2010

invitation to write

Oct. 8, 2010 -- Hear Poet T.S. Prunier open Conference 2010 with a performance of "invitation to write."

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James River Writers Conference 2008

Telling the Story

Oct. 10, 2008 -- Hear Taylor Antrim, Kirk Ellis and Adriana Trigiani, along with moderator Jason Tesauro, discuss Telling the Story: Plot and Narrative.

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