HEAR FROM SPEAKERS
SUCH AS
Kate Heartfield
Author of The Valkyrie
HarperVoyager, HarperCollins
Sarah Underwood
Author of Lies We Sing to the Sea
HarperTeen, Harper Collins
Ricardo Fayet
Co-Founder of Reedsy
Author of How to Market a Book
Maiya Ibrahim
Author of Spice Road
Delacorte Press, Penguin Random House
Emily Thiede
Author of This Vicious Grace
Wednesday Books, Macmillan
Sunyi Dean
Author of The Book Eaters
HarperVoyager, Harper Collins
WORKSHOPS
TO GET YOU WRITING
Mastering Your Craft
Building Tension In Your Opening Pages
Discuss the purpose of tension, how to identify it, and how to use your protagonist's wants and needs (not just an external inciting incident) to build momentum for your book's opening, no matter what genre you write!
Get Querying
Concept, Pitch, & Hook: Query Letter Deconstruction
Understanding queries is extremely helpful for understanding why and how books are picked up by publishers. In this workshop, we'll explore what makes an effective query letter and more.
Character Development
Make Me Bad: How to Write a Good Villain
This workshop will give writers the tools necessary to keep their antagonists from becoming one-dimensional clichés, helping to breathe more depth, nuance, stakes, and believability into a story.
