LET'S JUST WRITE! AN UNCOMMON WRITERS CONFERECE
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Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference was named one of the best conferences in the U.S. by The Writer Magazine two years in a row!
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Memories from the 2022 conference
A Look at the Lineup of Presenters for 2022:

Elizabeth Wetmore
- Opening keynote speaker from this best-selling author
- Panel Discussion: Fiction

Dominic Pacyga
The Importance of Place in Storytelling

Tim Storm
- Tension on Every Page
- What Writers Can Learn from Sports Psychology - session with Ann Garvin

Ann Garvin
- What Writers Can Learn from Sports Psychology - session with Tim Storm
- Panel Discussion: Fiction

Kristin Oakley
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The Benefits of Critiquing
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Curator of Let's Just Read! Live Lit Event

Renee Rosen
Revise and Edit Like a Pro

Eric May
- How to Get to Meaningful Memoir Material
- Panel Discussion: Nonfiction

Toneal Jackson
- Editing is not Optional
- Panel Discussion: Noniction

Billy Lombardo
Dialogue: When to Speak and When to Shut Up in Your Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

David W. Berner
Panel Discussion: Nonfiction

Jerry Brennan, Tortoise Books
Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

Rick Kaempfer, Eckhartz Press
Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

John Manos, Amika Press
Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

Jay Amberg Amika Press
Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

Brendan Sullivan
Creative Techniques to Keep Those Ideas Flowing

Jeff Hoover, WGN-TV
Panel Discussion: How to Get Free Publicity

Jasmine Cooper, WGN Radio
Panel Discussion: How to Get Free Publicity

Jason Marck, WBEZ Radio
Panel Discussion: How to Get Free Publicity

Tim Clue
Presentation from this award-winning playwright about writer's block, odd writing rituals, writerly advice, and why he has to collaborate with people.

Nancy Johnson
Panel Discussion: Fiction

Kathleen Rooney
Interview with award-winning author.
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