It's not LA, but Lit Fest 2019 sure has plenty on offer for screenwriters and playwrights.
Eager to incorporate lessons from other genres into your manuscript? Check out our Lit Fest genre-specific guides for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and coming tomorrw, YA/MG.
SUGGESTED CRAFT SEMINARS
To view all of our craft seminars, click here.
Friday, June 7
- 50 Shades of Hot: How to Write Sex Scenes Without Shame with Steve Almond
Monday, June 10
- The Practice of Looking with Ross Gay
Tuesday, June 11
- Mining Family History with Diana Khoi Nguyen
- Character Origins with Doug Kurtz
Wednesday, June 12
- What Do You Write?: Artist Statements for Authors with Buzzy Jackson
Thursday, June 13
- Save Your Manuscript Using the Story Grid with LS Hawker
- Power Play: Subjectivity and the Writing Process with Rachel Cusk
- What Are You Trying To Say?: Writing Dialogue That Works with Tiffany Quay Tyson
Friday, June 14
- Writing Through Tarot with Selah Saterstrom
Sunday, June 16
- Losing Consciousness with BK Loren
Monday, June 17
- Is This Normal?: Dealing With Frustration in the Writing Process with Rachel Weaver
Tuesday, June 18
- Writing From Weakness with Jennifer Wortman
- Idea Generator with Paula Younger
Wednesday, June 19
- Getting Unstuck Through the Power of Motive with Mario Acevedo
- Mirrors of Allusion with Daniel Levine
Friday, June 21
- Writing the Unlikeable Woman with Brandi Homan
BROWN-BAG BUSINESS PANELS
You can register for brown-bag business panels individually, or a Business Panel Pass will get you into all of them.
- When to Stop–June 8
- The Author-Agent Relationship–June 10
- Launching Your Literary Career–June 11
- Agents Tell All–June 12
- Hidden Opportunities for Writers–June 13
- Nonfiction Pitch Clinic–June 14
- Writer-Editor Relationship–June 17
- The Crystal Ball: Peering Into Publishing's Future–June 18
- Publishing Basics for YA and MG Authors–June 19
- How to Debut–June 20
- Setting Up Your Writing Life–June 21
SALONS
Every salon includes drinks and a catered dinner.
- Salon + Reading: Is It Really All About You?–June 8
- Writing/Thinking/Flowing/Weeping–June 10
- Storytelling Night with Raconteur Denver: Family–June 11
- The Not-So-Secret-Garden–June 13
- Movie Night: "The End of the Tour" Screening + The Art of Adaptation–June 14
- Salon + Reading: Edge of Laughter–June 15
- Dumpster Fyre: Money in Literature–June 17
- To Tweet or Not to Tweet–June 18
- Storytelling Night with The Narrators Denver–June 20
VISITING AUTHORS READINGS
Our two visiting author readings are free and open to the public. We'll have drinks available, and food trucks will be on site.
