THE PENTICTON WRITERS' CONFERENCE
2003
THE CLEMENT BATTYE LEGACY
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PENTICTON WRITERS' CONFERENCE 2003
TENTATIVE WORKSHOP TOPICS
FICTION - JENNIFER DE CHIARA: CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT
FINDING AND WORKING WITH A LITERARY AGENT;
WRITING A SUCCESSFUL QUERY LETTER;
FINDING YOUR VOICE (how to put personality into your writing)
HOW TO WRITE PICTURE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN;
HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY WRITE FOR THE CHILDREN'S MARKET (all genres)
ONE-ON-ONE PITCH SESSION
POETRY AND FICTION SHORT STORY - LYLE WEIS
CHOOSING THE BEST IMAGE FOR YOUR POEM (how to transform everyday experience into poetic expression)
LET YOUR CHARACTERS WORK FOR YOU (create characters who have to work their way through the troubles you throw at them)
ONE-ON-ONE PITCH SESSION
NON-FICTION/FICTION - GLORIA KEMPTON
Writing for Magazines--an Overview�Marketing to Magazines�Writing the How-to Article�Writing the Personal Experience Story�Writing the Other Person's Story�Writing the Research Article�Writing the Personal Essay�Writing the Humor Piece�Writing the Nonfiction Book�Ten Tips for Writing Life Stories
How to Use Anecdotes�Using Details Effectively�Writing the Query Letter
ONE-ON-ONE PITCH SESSION
FICTION/LITERARY - JACK DAVID
HOW TO GET SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED (backgrounds on the publishing field, Canadian/US/World publishers, agents or no agents)
HOW TO WRITE A PROPOSAL (what to do when the publisher asks for changes)
HOW TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT (what the publisher expects of you)
PLEASE HAVE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS READY
ONE-ON-ONE PITCH SESSION
SCREEN - JAYME PFAHL
Development Funding Sources for your Project
What is Canadian content and What does that mean to you, to a Producer
and to a Broadcaster or Distributor?
Delivering your material - What a producer expects - What a broadcaster
expects
Research Research Research - Know your market - Know your audience -
Know your broadcaster
The Reality of Selling your Project
Pitching your Project - What Works
Formating and Presentation of materials & various programs you could use
Stages of Development for Features and Television series
What is a chain of title, Errors and Omissions Insurance?
Do you need an agent or a lawyer to represent you?
What is a release and why do I have to sign it?
HUMOUR - GORDON KIRKLAND
WRITING HUMOUR EVEN ON DAYS WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL FUNNY
SETTING UP SHOP AS A WRITER
ONE-ON-ONE PITCH SESSION
KEYNOTE - SATURDAY LUNCH: WRITE FOR YOUR LIFE
KEYNOTE - SUNDAY: PART ONE: FINDING HUMOUR FOR YOUR STORIES
PART TWO: CHAMPAGNE PUBLICITY ON A TAP WATER BUDGET
SATURDAY EVENING ENTERTAINMENT - JACK GODWIN
TITLE: SONG WRITING FOR AUTHORS: STORY SONGS
YOU WILL LEARN, YOU WILL CREATE, YOU WILL LAUGH - AND POSSIBLY - YOU WILL PERFORM!
THIS WORKSHOP INTRODUCES THE BASICS OF TELLING STORIES THROUGH SONG. THE EMPHASIS HERE IS ON PARTICIPATING AND HAVING FUN. YOU WILL PLACED INTO GROUPS, PROVIDED WITH TOPICS AND TUNES, THEN URGED TO CREATE A MUSICAL CLASSIC. SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF STORY SONGS WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE WAY TO ADD TO THE FUN OF THE EVENING OF CREATIVE SONG WRITING.
JACK GODWIN
JACK IS THE CREATIVE FORCE BEHIND LOCAL HERITAGE ENTERTAINERS 'THE KETTLE VALLEY BRAKEMEN'.
IN BRAKEMEN CONCERTS JACK TELLS STORIES OF B.C's. RAILWAY ERA THAT LEAD TO ORIGINAL SONGS.
JACK'S PLAY "KETTLE VALLEY MEMORIES" WAS STAGED IN PENTICTON AND PEACHLAND EARLIER THIS YEAR.