2025 Schedule

 

2025 Schedule at a Glance

 

 

 

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*Conference room locations:  Conference Room A is directly behind the bookstore.

*Conference room B is located through Conference Room A, through the curtain, and behind Conference Room A

ARRIVE AT NO EARLIER THAN 11:00 A.M.! (NOT BEFORE)

FRIDAY

Friday Early Bird classes begin at 1:00 p.m. 

1:00–3:30 (Conference Room A)
♦Edie Melson: Ins and Outs of Social Media

3:35 – 4:25

Carol Tetzlaff – Cautious to Confident – Marketing in Your Strength (Room A)♦

Lynett Eason – Writing Suspense  (Room B)♦

4:30 – 5:10  Billy Wayne Arrington – Script Writing (Room A)♦

                    Pepper Basham – Canva for Writers (Room B)♦

5:15 – Faculty Meeting – Large conference room – 3rd floor

 

Dinner
6:00 – 7:00

7:10 – 7:30 Worship

7:30– 7:40 Report to Duty, opening assembly in the main auditorium

7:40- 8:20 – Keynote Edie Melson

8:30 – 9:10 – The Working Writer – Twila Belk

9:15- 9:45 – Visit our bookstore

Out of the building by 10:00

                

SATURDAY (Step Up classes are in Conference Room A and Step Out Classes are in Conference Room B)

8:00 – 8:45 – Breakfast

8:50–9:15 – Praise and Worship

9:15– 9:55  Keynote – DiAnn Mills

10:00 – 10:50   

Step Up Class – Carol Tetzlaff – Overcoming Writers Block & Crafting Compelling Content♦

Step Out Class – Pepper Basham – Developing Characters that Readers Love♦

11:00–11:50
Step Up Class – Bob Hostetler – Proposal Driven Life♦

Step Out Class –  Twila Belk – The Basics and Beyond♦

12:00 – 12:30  – Break and bookstore

12:30-1:30 – Lunch

1:40– 2:30
Step Up Class –  Vincent Davis – Book Launch Myths♦

Step Out Class –  Sarah Thomas – Developing Compelling Scenes♦

2:40–3:30
Step Up Class – Lynette Eason – Is it Time for an Agent ♦

Step Out Class –  Bob Hostetler – The Art of Query♦

3:40–4:30
Step Up Class – Zena Dell Lowe – Finding Your Story♦

Step Out Class – Edwina Perkins – Sensitivity & Diversity♦

4:40–5:30

Step Up Class  – Eva Marie Everson – First Pages

Step Out Class – DiAnn Mills – Developing Deep POV♦

5:30 – 5:55 – BOOKSTORE AND FREE TIME

6:00 – 7:00 – Supper (For those who live above the Mason Dixon –  THAT’S DINNER) :)

7:10 - 7:45 – announcements and worship

7:45–8:15 –   Keynote – Eva Marie Everson

8:20 – 9:00 –  Zena Dell Lowe – The Essentials of Great Dialogue♦

9:00-9:45 Visit our bookstore

Out of building by 10:00 p.m.

 

SUNDAY

8:00 – 9:00
Breakfast

9:10–9:50
Worship and Devotion – Billy Wayne Arrington

9:50 - 10:10 – Final opportunity to visit our bookstore

10:20–11:00 – Keynote –  Bob Hostetler

11:00–12:00
Awards and Marching Orders