Features

Apart from the workshops and the general sessions, there are many other ways that our conference can help to
advance your writing career:


Publishers/Agents

Perhaps the greatest value of any writers' conference, is that you can pitch your story ideas directly to publishers and
agents.  At this year's conference, these publishers and agents will be on board:






Personal appointments

    Our instructors will be available for private 15-minute consultations, on request.  They might be able
    to critique your writing, or offer general advice about the publishing business.  Just be sure to sign up
    for an appointment when you arrive.  


Logos Bible Software

    For anyone who writes for the nonfiction market, you probably spend a great deal of time
    in research.  Logos Bible Software will save you time, because it cross-references Bible
    passages with a vast library of books on history, theology, and Bible study.  A Logos
    representative will be on hand to demonstrate their products and answer all of your
    questions.


Screenplay Workshop

    Our screenplay workshop will be facilitated by a representative of the Act One program, a
    community of Christian professionals for the entertainment industry who are committed to
    artistry, meaning, and prayer, so that through their lives and work they may be
witnesses of Christ to their fellow artists. Graduates are prepared for careers marked by integrity and excellence, in
writers’ rooms, on sets, and in studio and network offices. They seek to produce cinema and television that serve the
global audience, combining mastery of craft with depth and substance. Their emphasis is on transforming the content
of Hollywood entertainment and the culture that produces it. In service of this vision, Act One offers a variety of
educational programs endorsed by industry insiders.  


Faculty Panel

After the four workshop sessions have ended, there's a good chance that you will still have many unanswered
questions.  So at the end of the evening on Saturday, you will have the perfect opportunity to get them out of your
system:  We will present a Q & A session with all of our faculty, where you can ask them anything.  If they don't know
the answer, it probably doesn't exist!


Books

    By the time that you leave our conference, we hope you’ll be inspired to tackle your writing
    projects as never before.  You might want to start that rewrite, call that editor, or join a writers
    group.  But perhaps you'll need some additional help to get there.  So why wait?  

    By special arrangement with a local retailer, will have a book table stocked with books about
publishing, writing, grammar -- anything else that might be beneficial to a writer who needs help to polish and market
that manuscript.  

In addition, our panelists will offer their books for sale.  We don't pay them much, so please support them all you can.



Free Wireless Internet

    There are true geeks among us.  Yes, you know who you are.  Your PDA is permanently affixed
    to your hip, and your wireless headset is forever epoxied to your ear. Like our new president,
    you cant bear to unplug from your electronic gadgets for even a moment.  Therefore, as we
    strive to be all things to all people, this is for you:

Our entire building is one large Wi-Fi Hot Spot.  So, feel free to bring your laptop computer.  You can surf the Web,
check your email, or chat with friends.  We ask only that you mute the speakers during our sessions, so as not to
disturb your neighbors.
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