A Day With Michael Seidman. On Friday, July 18, by special registration, participants can experience a six-hour long restricted admission interactive workshop with editor Michael Seidman. The workshop schedule will consist of a three-hour morning session, lunch with Michael Seidman, and a three hour afternoon session. Topics covered will include:

Outlining: why you do it, why it isn't restrictive.

Characters: Having some sense of what your story is about, choosing characters that suit the needs and how to develop them and what to do with them.

Setting: The story has to take place somewhere... 

Description and making places real.

Storyline and Plot: The skeleton is in your outline. The difference between the two.

Dialogue: Getting it right. Uses.

Re-visioning.

Submission process.

Publishing process.

Volunteers from the audience will be asked to bring up a couple of pages of description, someone else with dialogue, etc. Participants will be given the opportunity to bring up pages they're uncertain about, and talk through the issue(s).

A Day With Terry Kay. On Friday, July 18, by special registration, participants can experience a six-hour long restricted admission interactive workshop with bestselling author Terry Kay. The workshop schedule will consist of a three-hour morning session, lunch with Terry Kay, and a three hour afternoon session. Topics covered will include:

Outlining: How to use an outline to develop story

The use of dialogue as description: Being aware of how characters speak to tell us who they are

Character recognition: Giving characters their own personality -- not yours

The Art of under-writing: Why leaving things out of a story can enhance it

The Power of rhythm: How to develop rhythm (without knowing how to dance or hum a tune)

These are principles Terry uses in his own work.