SCBWI OKLAHOMA
FALL CONFERENCE

September 11, 2010
Chandler, OK
9:00am - 5:00pm

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OPENING

Welcome, announcements, song by Helen Newton

SESSION ONE

Acquiring An Agent: Sonia Gensler will discuss her writing journey and explain the process she used to acquire an agent. Sonia’s first novel The Revenant will be released by Knopf in 2011. It’s the first of a two-book contract her agent recently secured.

SESSION TWO

Visualizing Your Work In Progress: Pati Hailey will show you how to use creative visualization to find solutions to trouble spots in your manuscript.

AFTERNOON INTENSIVES

The afternoon session is divided into three Intensive Tracks: fantasy, picture book, and novel (all ages). You spend the entire afternoon in one track. Each Intensive covers three topics. After each topic discussion, you’ll apply what you learned to your own work, then follow-up with peer critiques. Bring a work in progress or an idea to work on.

1)   Fantasy Intensive with Joni Sensel.
  She will cover:

• Paranormal, non-human, and extra-talented characters

• World-building

• Words of wonder

2)   Picture Book Intensive with Tammi Sauer.
  She will cover:

• Characters

• Pacing

• Word Choice

3)  Novel Intensive with Anna Myers.
 She will cover:

• Dialogue

• Voice

• Point of View

CLOSING

Door prizes, song by Helen Newton, Autographs

 LOCATION: The conference will be held at First Baptist Church in Chandler, 912 West 1^st. After leaving I44, turn right and travel ½ mile to turn right on 1^st Street. This is the second possible right turn, counting the immediate one after the turnpike. On 1^st Street, drive ½ mile. The church is on the right.

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