Writing Resilience: Turning Struggle into Powerful Story

Writers discuss resilience on and off the page. Explore how characters face impossible odds, how struggle shapes story, and how to portray triumph and survival with honesty and emotional power.

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Crafting Authentic Diversity on the Page

Crafting Authentic Diversity on the Page

Barbara W. Bailey, Carol Shay Hornung, Darly Wimberly, Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, and Martha Reed discuss how to portray diverse characters with honesty and care. They focus on research, sensitivity, and nuance as essential tools for meaningful representation.

Using Description to Set the Tone of Your Story

Using Description to Set the Tone of Your Story

Tone shapes how readers experience every scene. Alana White leads Becki Willis, Matthew John Meagher, and Nicholas Holloway in a discussion on how descriptive language establishes mood and emotional resonance across genres. This session shows how careful word choices...

A Conversation Among Authors

A Conversation Among Authors

Claire Tui leads conversations with authors about their most recent or well-known novels, discussing the inspirations behind them. The authors reflect on how they feel about their work now and share what projects are coming next.