Thursday, June 23- Saturday, June 25
Join Kati at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, where she’ll deliver the Nonfiction Keynote, teach a workshop, and consult on manuscripts.
For nearly three decades, the JHWC has united people from all walks of life with their passion for words and stories. The conference takes place in Jackson Hole’s Center for the Arts and brings together novices and professional writers from around the world to share ideas over wine or beer and make new contacts, while honing their craft through workshops and talks.
Kati’s Craft Workshop on June 23 at 3:30pm MT:
PACE YOUR STORY AT THE SENTENCE LEVEL
In this 1 hour workshop, we'll define the term "pacing" and talk about the different levels on which it occurs in a work. Then we’ll explore how tools like fragments, comma splices, short sentences, or word choice can disorient, slow down, or drive onward a reader. Writers will get a chance to play with syntax, both writing new sentences and "upgrading" their existing work. (Writers are encouraged to bring a sample of their work to class.)
Kati’s Nonfiction Keynote at 10:00am MT on Saturday, June 25:
WRITING THE BOOK THAT THREATENS TO KILL YOU
Riffing off Terry Tempest Williams’ famous quote that “The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you,” I’ll be discussing the concept of urgency in a work, exploring what Lightning Flowers taught me about writing acutely traumatic material, and underscoring why it’s so important to tell the very stories that threaten to undo us.
See a full listing of featured writers, agents, and editors here.
Tentative Schedule
Thursday, June 23
10:00 — 1:00 Registration: Theater Lobby
1:00 — 1:10 Welcome
1:10 — 2:10 Willy Vlautin — Mishaps, Misfires, and Wrong Directions: how to stumble through a novel
2:15 — 3:15 Melanie Crowder
Afternoon craft classes:
3:30 — 4:30 Poetry: Jonathan Fink
Fiction: —Willy Vlautin
YA/Children’s:—Melanie Crowder
Creative Nonfiction: Katherine Standefer
6:30-8:00 Cocktail party donated by Jedediah’s: Theater Lobby
Friday, June 24
8:00 — 9:00 Late Registration
9:00 — 9: 50 Andrea Barnett
10:00 —10:50 Téa Obreht
11:00 — 12:20 Agents: Jennifer Herrara, Milaga Baldi, Allison Hunter,
12:20 — 1:45 Lunch
Afternoon craft classes:
1:15 — 2:40 Poetry: Juan Morales – Conference Room
1:45 — 2:40 Fiction: Dan Sheehan
Young Adult Nanci Steveson
Nonfiction: Andrea Barnett
Screenwriting 101: Tab Murphy
2:50 — 4:50 Individual conferences
3:15 — 4:15 Patti Sherlock—workshop primarily for those without ms.
7:00 – 9:00 Malaga Baldi— How to Write the Best Query Letter Ever
7:00 — 9:00 Poetry workshop and readings: Laurie Kutchins, Matt Daly and guest poets:
7:00 — 9:00 Catherine McKenzie— Getting to Know Your Characters
Saturday, June 25
8:00- 9:00 Yoga
9:00 — 9:50 Kathi Appelt
10:00 — 10:50 Katherine Standefer
11:00 — 12:20 Editors: Tiffany Shelton, Maddie Caldwell
12:20-1:20 Lunch
Craft classes
1:30 — 3:00 Poetry: Laurie Kutchins — Conference Room
2:00 — 3:00 Nonfiction: Katherine Standefer
Fiction:
YA/Kids: — Kathi Appelt
Independent Publishing — Greg Zeigler
3:15— 5:15 Individual conferences
3:20 — 4:20 Fiction
5:00 Silent Auction closes
5:15 —7:30 Student Readings in the tent (with beer and snacks)
7:30 —8:00 Book sales and signings — Theater Lobby
8:00 — 10:00 Cocktails and Goodbyes — Tent
