Schedule
The MSCWC schedule overflows with opportunities for you to interact with the faculty and each other as you study the craft and business of being a professional writer. If your faculty member has prepared a handout, it will be available in class.
ALL EVENTS take place at CENTRAL CHURCH, 2005 Winchester Road, Collierville, TN 38017
Friday, March 15
11:00 AM
Bookstore table setup
Bookstore tables must be reserved upon registration, first come, first served.
12:00 PM
Check-in for Friday Workshops; Bookstore Opens
Friday classes are an optional add-on not included in Saturday registration.
1:00-4:00 PM
Friday Workshops
So You Want to Write Fiction? with Patricia Bradley and Loretta Eidson
Content Creation + the Latest in Social Media with Bethany Jett
Your Life Story Should Be Told, and You’re the One to Write It! with Delores Topliff
5:30-7:30 PM
Meet & Greet
Purchase tickets at registration for $5 per person for a delicious Memphis-style barbecue dinner. Anyone attending Friday or Saturday classes is welcome to attend and bring a guest, but you must reserve your spot during registration to ensure we order enough food.
Saturday, March 16
8:00 AM
Registration and one-on-one signups; Bookstore & Prayer Room open
Follow signs for directions to the bookstore and prayer room.
9:00 AM
Welcome & Announcements
9:30 AM
First Keynote
Patricia Bradley
10:30 AM
Break/Bookstore/Prayer room
10:45 AM
First Workshops
Johnnie Alexander: Tropes in Fiction: Tips & Techniques to Transform Your Fiction
Katara Patton: A Devotional Writer’s Toolbox
Loretta Eidson: You Are God’s Masterpiece: Encouragement for Aspiring Writers
11:45-1:00 PM
BOOKSTORE/PRAYER ROOM
12:00 PM
Lunch
"Delight Yourself in the Lord!"
Psalm 37:4a
1:00 PM
Second Workshops
Patricia Bradley and Kathy Cretsinger: Artificial Intelligence: It’s a Natural for Writers
Julie Gwinn: Tips and Tricks to Writing a Best-Selling Novel
Bethany Jett: Grow Your Author Platform with Newsletters!
2:00 PM
Break/Bookstore/Prayer Room
2:15 PM
Third Workshops
Andrew Breeden: Writing a Meditation for The Upper Room
Lettie Whisman: Productive in the Pit: Mining Treasures from Our Trials
Jean Matthew Hall: What’s the Difference? (Writing for Different Age Groups)
3:15 PM
Break/Bookstore/Prayer Room
3:30 PM
Second Keynote
Katara Patton
4:45 PM
Conclusion
5:00 PM
Conference Ends