Schedule for Portals Writers Conference, June 20-23, 2013
All Schedules are subject to change.
Thursday
| TIME | EVENT | CLASS | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:00–8:40 | Registration and Housing Check In | ||
| 8:45 | Welcome | ||
| 8:50 | Young Adult Gathering | ||
| 9:10–10:30 | Breakout Sessions | "No Fear" Book Publishing Strategies that Work! | David Sanford |
| Fiction Writing for Motivated Beginners and Humble Intermediates | Paula Huston | ||
| The Sacrificial Poet: Promoting Faith Conversations Through the Art of Spoken Word Poetry | Phil Long | ||
| Passing Time | |||
| 10:40–11:55 | Breakout Sessions | Tell me a story that will make me feel: A Creative Nonfiction Workshop | David Jacobsen |
| Strong Beginnings, Pesky Middles and Fantastic Endings | Bryan Bliss | ||
| More "No Fear" Book Publishing Strategies | David Sanford | ||
| 12:00–1:20 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30–2:50 | Breakout Sessions | Drawing Water From a Dry Well | Gina Ochsner |
| Digital Storytelling | Tim Akimoff | ||
| From Your Mind to the Reader’s Experience | Linda Clare | ||
| Picture This - Going through One Door Into Another | Colette Tennant | ||
| The Art and Craft of Making Books (Beginning) | Diana Huey | ||
| 3:00–3:30 | Reading: Linda Clare and Anne Overstreet | ||
| 3:40–5:30 | Frisbee Golf Tournament or Museum Walk | ||
| 5:30–6:45 | Dinner | ||
| 7:00–8:30 | Evening Presentations: Tim Akimoff and Paula Huston | ||
| 8:45–9:45 | Open Mic | ||
Friday
| TIME | EVENT | CLASS | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:00–8:40 | Registration and Breakfast | ||
| 8:45–9:00 | Welcome, Prayer and Announcements | ||
| 9:10–10:30 | Breakout Sessions | The Art and Craft of Making Books - Intermediate Level, Session A | Diana Huey |
| For Thousands of years…. | Tim Akimoff | ||
| Fiction Writing for Motivated Beginners and Humble Intermediates | Paula Huston | ||
| "No Fear" Book Publishing Straegies That Work!" | David Sanford | ||
| 10:40–11:55 | Breakout Sessions | Intermediate Book Making - Part A | Diana Huey |
| More "No Fear" Book Publishing Strategies | David Sanford | ||
| The Artist's Job: Making a Life and a Living as an Artist | Fritz Liedtke | ||
| How to Create a Complete Novel | Brian Bliss | ||
| 12:00–1:20 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30–2:50 | Breakout Sessions | Open Studio - Playing with Paint and Paper | Gina Ochsner |
| "Putting On the Mind of Christ": The Care and Feeding of the Christian Imagination | Deborah S. Douglas | ||
| Digital Storytelling | Tim Akimoff | ||
| Through Stranger's Eyes: How to Read and Write Persona Poems | David Jacobsen | ||
| 3:00–3:30 | Reading: David Jacobsen, Colette and Andrew Tennant | ||
| 3:40–5:30 | Literary Scavenger Hunt or Museum Walk | ||
| 5:15–5:30 | Young Adult Gathering | ||
| 5:30–6:45 | Dinner | ||
| 7:00–8:30 | Evening Presentation: Fritz Liedtke and Deborah Smith Douglas | ||
| 8:45–9:45 | Open Mic | ||
Saturday
| TIME | EVENT | CLASS | INSTRUCTOR |
| 8:00–8:40 | Registration and Breakfast | ||
| 8:45–9:00 | Welcome, Prayer and Announcement | ||
| 9:10–10:30 | Breakout Sessions |
Young Adult Session | Bryan Bliss |
| Tell me a Story that Makes me Feel | David Jacobsen | ||
| Fiction Writing for Motivated Beginners and Humble Intermediates | Paula Huston | ||
| Story, Writing, and Filmmaking in the 21st Century | Dan Merchant | ||
| Intermediate Photography | Fritz Liedtke | ||
| 10:40–11:50 | Breakout Sessions | The Mysterious Power of the Pastiche | Bill Jolliff |
| Drawing from a Deep Well | Gina Ochsner | ||
| For Thousands of years…. | Tim Akimoff | ||
| What to do when the Story Stalls | Gina Ochsner | ||
| 12:00–1:20 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30–2:50 | Breakout Sessions | The Sacrificial Poet: Promoting Faith Conversations Through the Art of the Spoken Word | Phil Long |
| One Last Revision | Bill Jolliff | ||
| Creative Non-Fiction | Jim Hills | ||
| Writing Three-D Scenes | Linda Clare | ||
| 3:00–3:30 | Panel: The Many Faces of Publishing | ||
| 3:40–5:30 | Presentation: Dan Merchant "Lord Save Us From Your Followers" | ||
| 5:15 | Young Adult Gathering | ||
| 5:30–6:45 | Dinner | ||
| 7:00–8:30 | Evening Presentaion: Phil Long and Bill Jolliff | ||
| 8:45–9:45 | Open mic | ||
Sunday
| TIME | EVENT |
| 8:00–9:30 | Housing Check - Out and Breakfast |
| 9:30–10:30 | Chapel, Recap Video and Contest Winners |
All Schedules are subject to change.
