2021 Conference Schedule

 

Friday, October 22

​7:00 p.m.

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OWLies Writing Contest Awards, Open Mic & Social Mixer via Zoom.  

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​​​Saturday, October 23rd

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10:00–10:15 am    Opening Remarks

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​10:15–11:00 am    JC Fields:

The Importance of Writing a Series: How to Have Long Term Success as an Author

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11:15–12:00 pm    Dorian Cole:

How to Make Your Stories Rise to the Top

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12:00–12:30 pm    Lunch

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12:30–1:00 pm      Business Meeting & Elections

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1:15–2:00 pm        Missouri Poet Laureate Aliki Barnstone:

Play+Practice= Work: Establishing a Generative and Synergistic Writing Practice

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2:15–3:00 pm        Anita Paddock:

Meet the Grandma Moses of True Crime Novels

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3:15–4:00 pm        Sean Golden:

Endgame: Getting from First Draft to Publishable Story

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4:00–4:15 pm        Closing Remarks

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