Preconference Workshops
Friday, May 13, 2005
9–10:15 a.m.
Super Savvy Self-Promotion
10:30–11:45 a.m.
How to Write a Speech
12–1:15 p.m.
What They Don’t Tell You about Freelancing
1:30–2:45 p.m.
Web Sites for Writers 101
No HTML Needed
3–4:15 p.m.
Making Sense of the Dollars and
Cents Side of Publishing
4:30–5:45 p.m.
Write the Perfect Book Proposal
4–5 p.m.: New This Year
Speed Edits
Johns Hopkins University
Washington Writers Conference
Saturday, May 14, 2005
7–9 a.m.
Registration
7:30–9a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30–8:30 a.m.
Group Breakfast with Agents
Advance Reservation Required
9–10 a.m.
Plenary Speech, John Gilstrap
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Manuscript Critique Meetings
Johns Hopkins University
Advance Reservation Required
10:15 a.m.–1 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
Agents’ One-on-One 10-Minute Meetings
Advance Reservation Required
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10:10–11:25 a.m.
Track 1: The Truth about Self-Publishing
Track 2: Building a Health-writing Career
Track 3: From Novel to Screen
How to Get Your Novel Produced for Television or Film
Track 4: Self-Promoting Your
Nonfiction Book
Track 5: JHU Craft Session
From Topic to Story: Finding the Narrative Spine in Your Material
11:35 a.m.–12:50 p.m.
Track 1: Finding a Needle in a Haystack
Track 2: Where the Money Is
Commercial Writing
Track 3: Opportunities in Genre Fiction
Track 4: Speak the Speech
Track 5: JHU Craft Session
Character Development: Put Some Flesh on Those Bones! How to Add
Muscles, Nerves and Drama to Your Skeleton Crew!
1:10–2:20 p.m.
Luncheon and Keynote Speech,
Kojo Nnamdi
2:35–3:50 p.m.
Track 1: Copyright and Publishing Law
Track 2: Nonfiction Agents Roundtable
Track 3: Adventures in the
Murder Business
Track 4: Marketing Your Writing
Track 5: JHU Craft Session
Hypertext: Writing in the
Age of Computers
4–5:15 p.m.
Track 1: Managing Your Writing Business
Track 2: History and Biography
Track 3: Fiction Agents Roundtable
Track 4: Creating a Niche
Sell Yourself as an Expert
Track 5: JHU Craft Session
The Art of Responding
to Rejection
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Awards Reception
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