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6:00pm CDT

Writing the Next Chapter Jean Weidner TheatrePatricia Skalka • Joyce Burns Zeiss The Different Paths to Becoming a Published Author Brown County Library — AuditoriumLee Pulaski

7:30pm CDT

The scoop: How to break into magazine and newspaper freelancing Brown County Library — AuditoriumMarci Martin • Lee Pulaski • Larry Scheckel • Sharon Verbeten Writing about a Real Life Adventure Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Mike Dauplaise • Tracy and Peter Flucke • Bonnie Groessl

10:00am CDT

Am I Suffering Enough? Myths and Misgivings of the Writer’s Process Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Tara DaPra Building Your Dreams, Writing with Purpose St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomChristine Reynebeau Collaborators, Co-authors, and Ghosts: The Delicate Art of Writing Your Book with Someone Else without Losing Your Mind or Resorting to Violence Neville Public Museum - GalleryElizabeth Ridley • Joal Derse Dauer & Sadie How to keep being a writer KI Convention Center - Room 5AB (Breakout Area)Christi Clancy • Molly Magestro • Amanda Zieba Memoir Writers Coffee Talk - Kavarna Coffeehouse Screenwriting: Ready, set, write KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)Kat Abbott • Janson Mancheski • Monica McFawn Setting Emotion: Using Place to Establish Emotion Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Eliot Triechel The Audacity of Writing Children's Books KI Convention Center Room A3Lora Hyler The Mechanic Behind the Muse KI Convention Center Room A1Jacqui Banaszynski The Muse of History: How history inspires creative writing Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Judy Dodge Cummings • BJ Hollars • Margaret Rozga • Amanda Skenandore • Joyce Burns Zeiss Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor)

12:00pm CDT

Craft talk: Building a great mystery KI Convention Center Room B2Karen Dionne • Lori Rader-Day • Patricia Skalka Injecting Humor in Your Writing Neville Public Museum - GalleryMelissa Westemeier Multiple Mediums/Multiple Exits: Reinvigorating Writing & Craft Through Interdisciplinary Arts St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomPatricia Killelea • Monica McFawn Sculpting Poetry KI Convention Center Room A3Christine Swanberg We Rise to Resist: Writing about the Dawn of a New Women's Political Movement KI Convention Center - Auditorium (Breakout Area)Paula vW. Dáil • Hon. Janine p. Geske Writing about grief, violence, fear, and trauma KI Convention Center Room A4Renee Beese • Tara DaPra • Vicky Meawasige Reed • Gayle Rosengren • Liza Wiemer Writing workshop: Crafting powerful fiction KI Convention Center Room A1Jac Jemc Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor) Writing from Workshop 52: Dan Chaon writing workshop KI Convention Center Room 7 (Breakout Area)Dan Chaon

2:00pm CDT

Come sit with me: Podcasting enthusiasts connect for coffee Kavarna CoffeehouseJason Gots • Tom McAllister "I can't even right now" --dealing with Writer's Block KI Convention Center Room A4Tara DaPra • Mike Eserkaln • Ami Irmen • Jac Jemc • Caitlin Roach Building a Fantastic Critique Group YWCALisa Lickel Kid Lit How to Write for young audience KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)Jessica Marie Baumgartner • Lora Hyler • Wendy McClure • Eliot Triechel • Jacqueline West • Liza Wiemer Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor)

4:00pm CDT

Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor) Embracing Failure YWCAMike Eserkaln So You Think You Want to Write a Young Adult Novel Neville Public Museum - GalleryEliot Triechel Sunshine & Rainbows: Imagining a More Beautiful World through Poetry Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Carrieann Cahall • Frank Johnson • Nicholas Russell The Worst Writing Advice I ever got Neville Public Museum Classroom 2Christi Craig • Nick Jaina • Jennie Jones • Elizabeth Ridley Using Scrivener to Power Your Book Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Amanda Skenandore Workshop: Time Travel Secrets for Historical Nonfiction Writers Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Judy Dodge Cummings

10:00am CDT

Dark magic— Writing fantasy for YA and adults St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomJessica Marie Baumgartner • Valerie Biel • Kelly Risser • Jacqueline West Dissecting the writing process and the importance of a writers group Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Vicky Meawasige Reed • Nancy Sweetland Flash Nonfiction: the Art of the Short Essay Brown County Library Nicolet Room (3rd Floor)Christi Craig Panel Discussion: Social justice and writing to change the world Brown County Library — AuditoriumAnnette Langlois Grunseth • José Orduña • Ellen Rosewall • Margaret Rozga • Sandra Shackelford The Writer's Workout: The Athletics of Writing Titletown Brewing Company William Larsen RoomAmanda Zieba

12:00pm CDT

A Kids' Tale: Writing to Transform the World Neville Public Museum AuditoriumKatie Eder Come sit with me: Graphic novel authors and readers connect for coffee and lunch Kavarna Coffeehouse Come sit with me: Historical non-fiction authors and readers connect for coffee and lunch Kavarna Coffeehouse Come sit with me: Horror/Paranormal authors and readers connect for coffee and lunch Kavarna Coffeehouse Creating hybrid forms (graphic novels, memoirs, blogging, podcasting, book arts, musicals, etc) Neville Public Museum - GalleryKathryn Gahl • BJ Hollars • Tara Pohlkotte Creating Poetry from the Swirl of History Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Margaret Rozga How to Advocate with Poetry St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomAnnette Langlois Grunseth Open Records Workshop Neville Public Museum Classroom 2Gavin Schmitt Writing Suspense for Fun and Profit Green Bay Community TheatreLori Rader-Day

2:00pm CDT

Beyond Game of Thrones Worldbuilding in SF and Fantasy Green Bay Community TheatreKat Abbott • Thomas Davis The First Page W/Critique Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Kim Suhr Where to begin in Research Neville Public Museum Classroom 2Gavin Schmitt • David Siegel • Liza Wiemer Workshop: Somewhere to Start When You Aren't Sure How St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomMolly Magestro Writing beginnings, middles, ends Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Brittiany Koren • Rex Owens • Kelly Risser • Angie Stanton

4:00pm CDT

Are You My Mother/Monster? Writing Motherhood/Parenthood Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Rebecca Lehmann Craft Talk: Danez Smith Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Danez Smith Poems as Letters to the World: a Workshop Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Emilie Lindemann The Wild West of Artistic Dissemination Neville Public Museum - GalleryTed Prokash Writing Facts Like Fiction: The Possibilities (and Pitfalls) of Writing Creative Nonfiction Neville Public Museum Classroom 2BJ Hollars