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7:00am EDT

Saturday Registration & Bookstore Mezzanine Level

9:00am EDT

5A: Different Worlds and Different Bodies: the Disabled Figure in Literature Stuart Room - 4th FloorAmanda Leduc 5B: Perfecting Voice in Historical FictionFILLING Newbury Room - 4th FloorVirginia Pye 5C: #QueryTips: Demystifying the Query ProcessFILLING Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelAmy Elizabeth Bishop 5D: When Revision Becomes Re-EnvisioningFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorBrendan Mathews 5E: How to Save Your Character From a Drowning Story Charles River Room - 4th FloorNicole Blades 5F: Getting Read, Noticed, and Understood on Sensitive Topics in Impossibly Polarized Times Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorMary C. Curtis 5G: Dialogue: Crafting Conversation in FictionFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorMitali Perkins 5H: How to Think About Comparison & Competing Titles Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelJessica Papin 5I: Why YA: The Unique Power of Young Adult Literature to Engage Difficult Topics Hancock Room - Mezzanine LevelJoseph Moldover 5J: Balancing Act: The Writing Life, the Day Job, and Everything in Between Cambridge Room - 4th FloorMelissa Rivero 5K: Hybrid Publishing: How It Works and What It's Like Tremont Room - 4th FloorJeanne Blasberg 5L: From Page to Stage: Writing for the Moth, Story Slams, and Live Storytelling Events Cabot Room - 4th FloorAdam Stumacher 5M: Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence: Writing Your Logline Franklin Room - 4th FloorLane Shefter Bishop

10:15am EDT

6A: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query LettersFULL Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelSorche Fairbank 6B: Narrative Unbound: Experimental Structures in Essays and Stories Cambridge Room - 4th FloorRon MacLean • Sari Boren 6C: Social Media Hack: Utilizing Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (and Not Annoy) ReadersFILLING Franklin Room - 4th FloorSara DiVello • Jenna Blum 6D: Your Nonfiction Book Proposal: Key Questions to Answer Newbury Room - 4th FloorMichelle Seaton • Paul Levine 6E: To Whom Are You Telling Your Tale? Race & the Question of Readership Hancock Room - Mezzanine LevelDavid Mura 6F: Last Evenings on Earth: Writing the Otherworldly Stuart Room - 4th FloorMichael Zapata 6G: Do Leave Them Hanging: Why Suspense is Critical in Any Fiction And How To Create ItFULL Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelAnna Solomon 6H: Stealth DescriptionFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorDaphne Kalotay 6I: The Rhythm and Structure of MemoirFILLING Tremont Room - 4th FloorJane Roper 6J: How to Be a Great Publishing Partner: The Author’s Job as Industry Insiders See It White Hill Room - 4th FloorStephanie Abou • Christopher Castellani 6K: Essentials of Structure Charles River Room - 4th FloorAdam Stumacher 6L: A Nice Problem to Have: A Guide to Types of Publishers and How to Choose Between Them Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorJonah Straus

11:30am EDT

Saturday Lunch Grand Ballroom - Mezzanine Level

12:30pm EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: Reyna Grande Grand Ballroom - Mezzanine LevelReyna Grande

1:45pm EDT

7A: From Research to Narrative Newbury Room - 4th FloorJeffrey Colvin 7B: We the Narrators: Writing the Collective Experience Charles River Room - 4th FloorVal Wang 7C: Structure, Risk, and Meaning in MemoirFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorAlex Marzano-Lesnevich 7D: How to Publish (and Promote) Your Book on Your TermsFULL Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelSteve Almond 7E: Reclaiming Our Narrative: How Black Women Writers Showcase Versatility Through Storytelling Stuart Room - 4th FloorCandace McDuffie • Ashley-Rose Salomon 7F: Approaching Race as a White WriterFILLING Whittier Room - 4th FloorJess Row 7G: Building Your Communities: How to Make the Most of Residencies, Conferences, Awards, and Writing ProgramsFILLING Cambridge Room - 4th FloorKatrin Schumann • Rani Neutill 7H: Writing Evil: How to Harness Lethal Characters in Stories of Tragedy and Trauma Tremont Room - 4th FloorSahar Mustafah 7I: Public Speaking for Writers Franklin Room - 4th FloorShirley Jones-Luke 7J: How I Wrote This: Discussion of THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS with Esmé Weijun Wang Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelEsmé Weijun Wang 7K: First Page ClinicFILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorMameve Medwed • Sebastian Stuart • Rishi Reddi 7L: Place: From Where to Why Hancock Room - Mezzanine LevelPitchaya Sudbanthad 7M: The Revisionist: Utilizing Your Inner Editor as a Writer St. James Room - 4th FloorJennifer Baker

3:00pm EDT

Saturday Afternoon Break

3:30pm EDT

8A: When Science is Your Main Character Stuart Room - 4th FloorJohn Farrell • Rebecca Bratten Weiss 8B: Productive Revision: How to Stop Perfecting Your Paragraphs and Think About the StoryFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorLynne Barrett 8C: Writing the Extremely Personal: Sex, Health, FamilyFILLING Franklin Room - 4th FloorCourtney Sender • Christine Gross-Loh 8D: Don’t Send Your Query Letter in a Box of Doughnuts, and Other Stories: How NOT to Become an Anecdote When Submitting Your Work to AgentsFILLING White Hill Room - 4th FloorCarrie Howland • Cassie Mannes Murray 8E: Writing Great Artist Statements for Fellowships, Residencies, MFA programs, & More Cambridge Room - 4th FloorJonathan Escoffery • Shubha Sunder 8F: How to Create an Irresistible Narrator Statler Room - Mezzanine LevelSteve Almond 8G: Plot Engine Tricks: Getting a Novel Started and Keeping it MovingFILLING Newbury Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hartnett 8H: More or Less: Maximalist and Minimalist Approaches to Telling Your Story Tremont Room - 4th FloorChristopher Castellani 8I: Joke’s on You: The Serious Work Of Using Humor in Your Writing Hancock Room - Mezzanine LevelStephen Macone 8J: Agents and Editors of Color Roundtable Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelAemilia Phillips • Kiana Nguyen • Amber Oliver • Emi Ikkanda • Jennifer De Leon • Nina McConigley 8K: Lessons from the Essay & Memoir Incubators Charles River Room - 4th FloorAlysia Abbott • Ethan Gilsdorf 8L: Essentials of PitchingFILLING Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorKerry D'Agostino 8M: Diversifying Your Income as a Writer Cabot Room - 4th FloorRebecca Gradinger • Courtney Maum

4:45pm EDT

Writers, Agents, and Editors of Color Meet-Up Boylston Room - Mezzanine Level

6:00pm EDT

All-Conference Party The Brahmin