Agenda:

8:30 am                           REGISTRATION

9:15 am                           WELCOME and OVERVIEW

9:30 am                           SESSION ONE
                                    Panel Discussion:  Basics of Writing and Publishing
Patricia Hampl; Barton Sutter; Brooks Landon; Therese Zink; moderated by Jim Umhoefer

10:30 am                           BREAK

10:45 am                           SESSION TWO
     Barton Sutter:             Moving to the Music: Alliteration, Rhythm and Rhyme
     Brooks Landon:           The Gift of Style: Celebrating the Sentence
     Therese Zink:              Finding the Passion in Your Writing: Understanding the Inner Story    
                       
11:45 am                           LUNCH (next to auditorium)

12:45 pm                           KEYNOTE ADDRESS
         Patricia Hampl—“It’s Not Just Me:  The Rise of Memoir In Our Times”
in auditorium (followed by a short break)

2:00 pm                           SESSION THREE
                                    Each topic from Session Two will be repeated

3:00 pm                           BREAK

3:15 pm                           SESSION FOUR
                                    Each topic from Session Two will be repeated

4:30-5:30 pm                  RECEPTION at the PALMER HOUSE HOTEL

3:15 pm   SESSION FOUR
                Each topic from Session Two will be repeated

4:30-5:30 pm   RECEPTION at the PALMER HOUSE HOTEL

This conference is made possible by grants from: Stearns History Museum, Stearns Electric Association, Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union, First State Bank of Sauk Centre and Minnesota National Bank of Sauk Centre. This activity is also made possible by a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board, through funding provided by the Minnesota State Legislature.