Writing Camp Schedule

Monday 14th, EST

5pm • Writer Meet & Greets: What is your favorite genre to write and why?

Join informal chats with other authors, hosted by Allison Ramirez

5:30pm • You & your craft: The 3 kinds of writers and writing habits

Dominic de Souza

Google · Outlook · Apple

6pm • The Call to Adventure: Jedi, Journeys, & St Ignatius 1/5

Eric Clayton

6:30pm • Cultivate the Writer's Lifestyle: More than a Great Idea

Deacon Nicholas Kotar

7pm • Writing Session

Write together for 60 minutes and then check in to share progress

7:30pm • Story Readaloud

Bring 1000 words of your latest story, or what you wrote today at the camp, and share it with the group. Hosted by Mary Rose Kreger

8:30pm • Hook, Line, and Sinker: Nailing the first page to make your reader keep turning

Gabriella Batel shares her expertise on how to start out your novel strong with an entrancing first line, a bracing atmosphere, reliable expectations, and a scene that will leave your reader itching for more.

Tuesday 15th

5pm • Writer Meet & Greets

Informal chats with other authors

5:30pm • The Audience Awakens: Writing with Your Reader in Mind

Dominic de Souza

6pm • The Status Quo: Jedi, Journeys, & St Ignatius 2/5

Eric Clayton

6:30pm • Cultivate the Writer's Lifestyle: The Twofold Path Part 1

Deacon Nicholas Kotar

7pm • How to Plot & Build Your Story so They Can't Stop Reading

Amelia Leedom

7pm • Writing Session: What are your favorite types of characters to write, and why

Write together for 60 minutes and then check in to share progress with Allison Ramirez

7:25pm • Three Simple Ways to Build Faith into Your Fiction

Mary Rose Kreger

8pm • Monster Creation! How to make amazing and unique creatures to populate your world.

How to make amazing and unique creatures to populate your world, with Karina Fabian

8:30pm • How to Feed Your Heroes: Setting the Style, Tone, and Flavor of Your World

Hosted by Zephyr Thomas | If your characters are alive, then they have to eat. But choosing what to feed them is more than nutrition. Your choice of foods can speak volumes about the economy, culture, and background of your created world.

Wednesday 16th

5pm • Writer Meet & Greets

Informal chats with other authors

5:30pm • Answering the Call: A Mystic Path into the Imagination

Dominic de Souza

6pm • The Upside-Down World: Jedi, Journeys, & St Ignatius 3/5

Eric Clayton

6:30pm • Cultivate the Writer's Lifestyle: The Twofold Path Part 2

Deacon Nicholas Kotar

7pm • Characters and Worlds

Amelia Leedom

7:25pm • Moody Writing: Using Emotions to Create Realistic Characters, Dramatic Settings, and Unforgettable Scenes

Mary Rose Kreger

8:30pm • Author Networking

Where do you hope to be in five years as an author? Informal meet and greet, hosted by Allison Ramirez

Thursday 17th

5pm • Writer Meet & Greets

Informal chats with other authors

5:30pm • Mounting the Dragon Saddle: Writing habits

Dominic de Souza

6pm • The Dark Night: Jedi, Journeys, & St Ignatius 4/5

Eric Clayton

6:30pm • Cultivate the Lifestyle of a Writer: Becoming a Competent Human

Deacon Nicholas Kotar

7pm • Writing Session

Write together for 60 minutes and then check in to share progress

7pm • arketing Masterclass for Authors, & How to Pitch Your Story

Amelia Leedom

7:30pm • Story Readaloud

Bring 1000 words of your latest story, or what you wrote today at the camp, and share it with the group. Hosted by Allison Ramirez

8pm • Top Tips on Writing a Fiction Series

Join Antony Barone Kolenc and explore the lessons he
learned in writing his three published fiction series. With concrete examples, he relates challenges that face authors in planning a fiction series, and shares tips on such ideas as naming, plotting, and marketing the series.

8:30pm • Building Your Story Pitch

Learn how to talk about your book! Literary agent Anjanette Barr will walk attendees through strategies for effectively presenting your novel to industry professionals and readers. Bring your book pitch to run it by Anjanette live, or just come to listen.

8:30pm • Make ‘Em Cry: Writing the Most Emotional Scenes

Gabriella Batel reveals her secrets to her perfect track record on making her readers cry: she’ll teach you how to connect your readers to your characters irrevocably, and navigate and craft the most emotional scenes in your book so they have the greatest possible impact. Bring tissues.