Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference
Rescheduled to MARCH 19-20, 2022
Registration is open at 2020 pricing.
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! And we're not even three years old!
If you are already registered, your registration will automatically transfer to the new date and you do not need to do anything. If you wish to confirm your registration, however, or would like to request a refund, send an email.
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A Look at the Lineup of Presenters for 2021 (subject to change):

Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Keynote Conversation with this Award-Winning Author
- Panel Discussion: Fiction

Dominic Pacyga
The Importance of Place in Storytelling

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

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
- Keynote Conversation with Jacquelyn Mitchard
- 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

Patricia Ann McNair
Exploration in Flash Forms

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

Tony Trigilio
Panel Discussion: Poetry

Emily Victorson, Allium Press
Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

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

Rick Kaempfer, Eckhartz 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

Sahar Mustafah
I Don't Have to Like You: How to Write Difficult or Unlikeable Characters
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