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Experience in-depth learning with
a master craftsman!
Choose one continuing session for the entire conference
since each of the five sessions builds on the previous session.
In addition to the 6-1/2 hours you'll spend in a
continuing session,
CCWC also offers your choice of 6
hour-long workshops from the 42 offered
or one of our five clinics.
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1 - Advanced Fiction |
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David
Lambert
David is the author of ten published books, including the Gold
Medallion award-winning Jumper Fables, coauthored with Ken Davis, and the
recent novel The Missionary. Five of the ten have been novels. His
short fiction has been published in periodicals as diverse as TQ, The
Chariton Review, Sand, Virtue, Moody, Guideposts for Kids, and
Story. David has an M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of
Montana. He has held a variety of positions in publishing, including
managing editor of a youth magazine and founding editor of two others. He
spent eighteen years as an acquiring editor at Zondervan, most of that
time as Executive Editor for fiction, and most recently, three years as
senior fiction editor at Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.
David also sits on the Editorial Board of Jerry B. Jenkins’ Christian
Writers Guild and wrote the Guild’s fiction curriculum. He currently heads
Lambert Editorial Services.
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Ready to take your fiction to the next
level? Want to become a better novelist with each book? Join this
experienced writer, editor, and teacher of fiction in an examination of
some of the more advanced techniques: character growth and change,
creating believable character emotion, voice, exposition, a sense of
place, style, conveying meaning through implication, and more. Time will
be set aside for discussing the problems you're running into in your
work-in-progress, so come prepared!
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2 - Breakthrough
Scriptwriting |
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Dr. Ted
Baehr
www.movieguide.org
Ted
is the founder and Chairman of The Christian Film & Television
Commission™ and Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE® Magazine, a family guide to
entertainment. An award-winning media authority often on television,
radio, and in print, his purpose is to be used by God to redeem the values of
the mass media and to encourage families to use wisdom in selecting their
entertainment. His books include The Media-Wise Family, Narnia
Beckons, Faith In God & Generals, as well as the newly released The Amazing Grace Of Freedom and
The Culture-Wise Family,
among many others.
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Learn how to
write a script that is structurally sound, entertaining, morally
responsible, and very marketable.
Ted will show you how to go from treatment
to theatrical release so that you can get the Word out through the mass
media of entertainment. He also includes valuable information about the
key principles of communicating through movies and television from a
Christian perspective.
Click here for an article in Ted's MOVIEGUIDE about his continuing
session at last year's Greater Philly Christian Writers Conference for a
taste of what to expect.
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3 - From Average to
Excellent |
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Cec
Murphey
http://themanbehindthewords.com
Award-winning author Cecil (Cec) Murphey is the
author or coauthor of more than 100 books, including the NY Times
bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven (with Don Piper) and Gifted
Hands: The Ben Carson Story (with Dr. Ben Carson). He is also the
author of When Someone You Love Has Cancer, When God Turned Off the
Lights, and Christmas Miracles, all 2009 releases. His books
have sold millions of copies and have brought hope and encouragement to
countless people around the world. Hundreds of his articles have appeared
in a variety of publications. Cecil stays busy as a professional writer
and travels extensively to speak on many topics such as Christian living,
recovery, spiritual growth, prayer, caregiving, significant living, male
sexual abuse, and writing.
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Anyone can write words and most people can communicate.
Average writers settle for being good enough to be published; a few
constantly strive toward becoming the best. They learn the nuances of
the language—the little things that most writers ignore or don't
know—and excellence is their reward.
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4 - Heart-to-Heart
Writing |
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Susan
Titus Osborn - author
Representing New Hope
Publishers and B&H Publishing Group
www.newhopepublishers.com
www.bhpublishinggroup.com
www.christiancommunicator.com
Susan is the director of the Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique
Service where she heads a staff of 18 editors. She has authored 30
books, including Wounded by Words, coauthored by Jeenie Gordon
and Karen Kosman. Their next book, Too Soon to Say Goodbye, was
released in January. Susan is a member of the Christian Leaders and
Speakers Services (CLASS) staff and is also a CLASS speaker. Susan has
authored 30 books as well as numerous articles and has taught at over
150 wsriters' conferences across the US and in eight foreign countries.
As an author, Susan represents New Hope Publishers and B & H Publishing
Group. She lives in Fullerton, California, with her husband Dick. They
have five grown children, 12 grandkids, and one great-grandson.
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Learn how you can write personal experience
stories, devotionals, and inspirational articles
that will touch the hearts of your readers. Learn how to incorporate good
fiction techniques, how to write with emotion, how to sell what you write
through effective market research and query letters, and how to avoid 28
pitfalls.
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John
is known as a ‘pastor to writers’ by the writing community in Southern
Oregon. He developed the Lightbox Method to help organize his own novel
projects and in the process discovered a unique way to deepen our stories.
Books that are written for meaning are doing well in the market and John
can help you write with this focus rather than just for entertainment and
a quick sale. Your book may be read repeatedly and continue to be
recommended if you keep with this focus.
Sandy is a full-time
writer/photographer with hundreds of articles and stories published in
regional and national publications, both in the Christian and general
market. Her first novel, Skookum, appeared as 21 installments in
Cascade Horseman. John and Sandy team teach The Lightbox Method in
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Have you become so focused on getting published
that
you’ve neglected the more critical parts of writing? The Lightbox Method
is about taking care of the journey of our souls; it’s therapy that
penetrates into writing skills by bringing deeper meaning into our work;
it's an innovative technique to unlock creative plot development, develop
purpose-driven narrative, and overcome writers' block. We’ll look at how
stories are presented to us and how those stories fit into the old, old
story. We’ll discover the difference between writing from wounds or from
scars and discuss why that difference is important. This class is for
published and unpublished writers of all levels who want to shed light on
the hidden message that will bring greater insight and meaning to both
their lives and their stories. For a preview, check out
www.Light
BoxMethod.com.
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6 - Secrets to Jumpstart
Your Publishing Dreams |
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W. Terry Whalin
Vice President and Publisher - Intermedia Publishing
http://www.intermediapub.com
Terry understands both sides of the
editorial desk—as an editor and a writer. He worked as an editor for
Decision and In Other Words. His magazine articles have
appeared in more than 50 publications including Writer's Digest, The
Writer, and Christianity Today. He is the creator and webmaster
for
www.Right-Writing.com.
Terry has written more than 60 nonfiction books through
traditional publishers in a wide range of topics from children's books to
biographies to coauthored books. Several of Terry's books have sold over
100,000 copies.
He has written extensively about Christian fiction and
reviewed numerous fiction books in publications. For more than 12
years Terry was an ECPA Gold Medallion judge in the fiction category. For
over five years, Terry was an acquisitions editor in the book divisions of
David C. Cook and Howard Books and is a former literary agent. Now Terry
is a Vice President and Publisher at Intermedia Publishing Group.
On a regular basis, Terry writes about the Writing
Life. His latest
book,
Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams, Insider Secrets to Skyrocket Your
Success, is packed with insight whether you are unsure how to start on
the path to publication or want to take your publishing career to the next
level.
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Whether you call them “secrets” or “difference makers” or "critical steps,"
there are key decisions every writer makes that determine whether their
material is published or joins the millions of manuscripts stuck in some
desk drawer or floating around at publishing houses—and not appearing in
bookstores or on Web sites like Amazon.com. You will gain fresh insight and
a new enthusiasm for your own writing dreams in this continuing session.
Some of the topics Terry will address include:
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Publishing in
Today’s Environment – a Real Look
Understanding today’s market
conditions, trends, and
strategies
Walk in the editor’s shoes for a few minutes—understand the
relationship
12 characteristics of successful writers
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The
Importance of The Pitch
Fiction vs.
nonfiction – For either, the first impression is critical
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Book Proposals with Excellence
What are the critical
elements of a nonfiction book proposal?
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Contracts and
Agents
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The Merits of
Diversity for Your Writing
Why every writer should still write magazine articles
Can you write with others? – ghostwriting & collaboration
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do you find these opportunities?
Building a
platform & why – nonfiction and
fiction
How to be proactive in promotion but not be high
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Speculative/Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Writing & Selling Christian Speculative
Fiction |
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Jeff Gerke
www.wherethemapends.com
www.marcherlordpress.com
Jeff has been called the de facto gatekeeper of Christian science
fiction and fantasy. From his own published fiction to his days at
three major Christian publishing companies to his current endeavor as
publisher of Marcher Lord Press, Jeff has been an unfailing champion
of Christian speculative fiction. The weird stuff. Jeff's The Art &
Craft of Writing Christian Fiction has become a conference
favorite across the country. His new fiction craft book from Writer's
Digest Books, Plot vs. Character, releases in October of this
year.
He and his wife of 20 years live in Colorado Springs with their
daughter and son and a special needs baby girl from China who they
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Come learn from Jeff what are the distinctives of writing speculative
fiction (fantasy, science fiction, time travel,
spiritual warfare, etc.) and, perhaps more importantly, what are the current publishing
prospects for writing fiction that takes us beyond the edge of the map.
8 - Writing Nonfiction
Books that Change Lives |
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James Watkins
www.jameswatkins.com
Jim wears
more hats than his Aunt Luella! He is
• author of fifteen books and over two thousand articles
• acquisitions editor for Wesleyan Publishing House
• editor of Vista
• conference speaker throughout North America and overseas
• editorial advisor for ACW Press
• instructor at Taylor University and
• child of God
Jim has won awards for his books (Campus Life "Book of the Year" and
"Retailers Choice Award") and writing and editing (four Evangelical Press
Association awards) as well as an "Amy" award for writing in the general
market. He's a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University (1974), an ordained
minister in the Wesleyan Church, and has done graduate work at Ball State
University's School of Journalism and Purdue University's School of
Communications. Most important, he's married to the Rev. Lois, who is a pastor, and has two married children and four adorable grandchildren. |
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Learn biblical and behavioral principles for changing lives such as:
• How to write and speak to cause people to change their hearts and minds
• How to organize your writing and speaking to engage your readers and
listeners
• How to use humor and stories to persuasively make your point
• How to motivate without manipulating
• How to create effective marketing for your ministry
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How I love the Colorado Christian
Writer's Conference.
Though I've taught at the conference for over a decade,
I'm still one
of its earnest students. Every year I take home loads of
inspiration, encouragement, and instruction. If it weren't for what I've
learned at
CCWC I would not be the author of over a dozen books today. I
hope
to be involved for at least another decade because I've got more to
learn - and write!
Linda Evans Shepherd
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Author, speaker, host of Right to the Heart
Radio, founder of Right to the Heart of Women and Advanced Writers
and Speakers Association (AWSA). |
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