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North Words Writers Symposium
Skagway 2011
"Exploring the Frontiers of Language"
Meet at White Pass & Yukon RR station
Break-out Leaders:
Personal Memoir-Heather Lende, Kim Heacox
Cultural Memoir- Lynn Schooler,
Seth Kantner
Poetry-Peggy Shumaker
Children’s Literature-Deb Vanasse
Writing process/Intercultural- Terrance Reilly
Theatre/Film- David Hunsaker
Plenary Session- AB Hall
Author Book Signings All Day at Skaguay News Depot & Books
(schedule available at conference)
Panel Discussion- AB Hall
Discussion Focus: How do you contain the trajectory of a storyline? What to include or leave out?
How do diversions hurt or help? Where does the beginning begin and the ending end?
Peggy Shumaker, host
Kim Heacox
Heather Lende
Jeff Brady
Lynn Schooler
David Hunsaker
Panel Discussion-Presbyterian Church
So you have a manuscript—then what? In an age of sweeping transformation,
how do you attract the attentions of overworked agents and publishers?
Daniel Henry, host
Tim Woody
Seth Kantner
Deb Vanasse
Terrance Reilly
Panel Discussion- AB Hall
Discussion Focus: How do you treat the people you create to move the story from A to B?
How do they treat each other? What does real conversation sound like?
Daniel Henry, Host
Howard Blum
Heather Lende
Kim Heacox
Seth Kantner
David Hunsaker
Panel Discussion- AB Hall
Discussion Focus: More than spew dates and dead people, history writing requires a writer to
convey a human story so readers will care. Where in the dusty annals does essential humanity reside?
Jeff Brady, host
Howard Blum
Daniel Henry
Kim Heacox
Lynn Schooler
Plenary Session- AB Hall
Discussion Focus: If you possess the audacity to reconstruct human lives on paper,
pay attention to details. Appearances, behaviors, relationships show volumes.
Peggy Shumaker, host
Heather Lende
Seth Kantner
Terrance Reilly
David Hunsaker
Panel Discussion- Presbyterian Church
Discussion Focus: You may write to humor yourself, but are readers getting the joke?
Share the secrets of chuckle-headed composition.
Kim Heacox, host
Daniel Henry
Deb Vanasse
Tim Woody
Howard Blum Keynote