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SUMMARY:Friday Workshop with Robert Petrone
DESCRIPTION:Masterclass Info \nTitle: Developing the “Internal Narrative” in Memoir Writing \nDescription: What matters most in memoir is not “what happened” in someone’s life but rather the meaning-making the narrator does in relation to what happened. This meaning-making is often referred to as the “internal narrative” and tends to be more challenging for memoirists to develop. In this workshop\, we’ll explore the idea of the “internal narrative” by examining examples of published memoirs\, engaging in writing activities\, and grappling with the core question memoirs must center: What meaning have you made of what happened in your life? \n*While this workshop is ideally suited for writers working on any stage of memoir\, it will also be useful for writers of other genres interested in first-person point of view narration. \nPresenter Bio: Robert Petrone\, Ph.D.\, is a creative nonfiction writer and an Associate Professor of English Education at the University of Missouri where he teaches classes on creative nonfiction and writing pedagogy. He is currently revising a coming-of-age memoir\, Used Cars\, which focuses on his experiences growing up in a large Italian Catholic\, New York family amidst parental disability\, secrecy\, and shame.
URL:https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/registration/friday-workshop/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn\, 1840 U.S. 93 S\, Kalispell\, MT\, 59901
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SUMMARY:Pitch Session with Julie Stevenson
DESCRIPTION:For full conference registrants only.\n  \nJULIE STEVENSON is a literary agent with Massie\, McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents in New York. She represents literary and upmarket fiction\, suspense\, memoir\, graphic novels\, narrative nonfiction\, young adult fiction and children’s picture books. She is drawn to storytelling with unforgettable characters\, an authorial command of voice\, and a strong sense of narrative tension. She looks for work that explores the depths of human experience\, particularly the many facets of ethnicity\, gender\, sexual orientation\, social class\, and regional and international backgrounds. She’s agented #1 New York Times and international best sellers\, as well as books that have won the Pulitzer Prize\, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the Dayton Literary Peace Award\, the Eisner Honor\, and the Caldecott Honor. Before she became an agent\, Julie worked in the editorial departments of Tin House and Publishers Weekly. She received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College in New York.
URL:https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/registration/agent-pitch-session-with-julie-stevenson/
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SUMMARY:Student - Saturday/Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this does not include Agent Pitch Sessions which are purchased separately.
URL:https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/registration/student-saturday-sunday/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn\, 1840 U.S. 93 S\, Kalispell\, MT\, 59901
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SUMMARY:Saturday Only
DESCRIPTION:Saturday’s Opening Keynote Speaker: Author Michael PunkeKeynote title: “Writing the Story that Only You Can Write“
URL:https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/registration/saturday/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn\, 1840 U.S. 93 S\, Kalispell\, MT\, 59901
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SUMMARY:Full Saturday/Sunday Conference
DESCRIPTION:Saturday’s Opening Keynote Speaker: Author Michael PunkeKeynote title: “Writing the Story that Only You Can Write“ \nSunday’s Keynote Speaker: Author Peter StarkKeynote title: “Lost Cities and the Mystery of Discovering a Story Idea”
URL:https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/registration/full-saturday-sunday-conference/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn\, 1840 U.S. 93 S\, Kalispell\, MT\, 59901
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SUMMARY:Sunday Only
DESCRIPTION:Sunday’s Keynote Speaker: Author Peter StarkKeynote title: “Lost Cities and the Mystery of Discovering a Story Idea”
URL:https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/registration/sunday/
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