The Winter Authors’ Conference focuses on editing. For 2024, we’re going to dive more deeply into the mysterious art of self-editing. This conference blends two talks (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) with plenty of time for individual work and peer problem-solving. Morning coffee and lunch is provided.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a computer and an electronic version of their novel project, to make the best use of workshopping time, although neither is required.

The morning talk focuses on multiple self-edit passes on a novel manuscript. The afternoon talk focuses on incorporating external feedback into a manuscript. The workshop activity chunks a novel into a synopsis to assess pacing and 3- or 5-act structural conformance.

Registration is mandatory on Eventbrite.