Fiction with James L. Rubart
Writing Life-Changing Fiction
You want to write life-changing fiction? It doesn’t start with technique. It starts with knowing who you are at your core and giving yourself permission to access the ideas buried deep inside.
Then comes the How. During this continuing track, bestselling, Christy Hall of Fame author James L. Rubart will show you how to develop manuscripts more powerful than you’ve imagined, and teach you the principles and rules of great writing of writing that bring your stories into reality.
Crafting and Drafting with Cynthia Ruchti
This will be an interactive track that gives tips/pointers/instruction—from idea to book—and offers time for the attendee to put what they've learned into practice onsite.
We'll address drafting and crafting (hence the title), but also deal with common hurdles a beginning or intermediate author might trip over. What we learn together should help shape and propel the attendee's writing career. With encouragement and attention as well as clarifying expectations (both editors' and readers'), the sessions will equip, inform, and inspire.
Bring a current project or concept, your laptop or notebook, and whatever courage you already have. Here's a spot where courage can grow...as well as your word count!
The Spiritual Life of a Writer with Robin Jones Gunn
How do creative people nurture their relationship with the Author and Finisher of their faith? In what areas have you longed for a richer connection with the Lord on your journey as a writer?
In each session Robin will tell the story of an accomplished writer. We’ll examine their walk with the Lord and how their spiritual life flourished through the sacred rhythms they practiced and how their writing was affected. We will examine passages in the Bible where we are called to use the gifts God has given us and journal about what currently applies to our lives. Come prepared to evaluate your current disciplines and practices as a writer and consider new and refreshing paths to drawing near to God and thereby drawing from a deeper place in your heart as you write.
Taking notes by hand changes the way you process information and improves your comprehension. For this reason, please bring a notebook / journal with you to each session rather than a laptop.
YA / Fantasy / Speculative with Daniel Schwabauer
Great stories transform us. The journey to another world can have so much imaginative power that we can't see how the author did it. But what feels like a feat of genius is something you can learn to do, too!
The Young Adult, Fantasy, and Speculative genres operate according to principles anyone can understand: emotion, conflict, dilemma. In this track, we're going to look behind the wardrobe, dig beneath the Shire, and take apart the light saber—not to spoil the beauty but to demystify the process so you can follow it yourself. You will see stories—including your own—with deeper insight and more hope.
Scripts & Adaptations with David Hyde & Leann Barna
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