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  • 1

    Welcome

    • You are HERE!
  • 2

    Pre-Conference Course Work

    • The "Definitely Do" Conference Prep List

    • Jacob Collier: Boy Genius

    • Discord Tutorial

    • Discord Test Drive
  • 3

    Rewiring Your Brain for Winning

    • 1 Taking the Lid Off

    • 2 Surviving and Belonging

    • 3 The Power of Context

    • 4 Belief is More Powerful than Fact

    • 5 Creating a New Context

    • 6 One-Liner for Your Life

    • 7 Calling Your Dreams Into Reality

    • 8 Designing Your Creative Process

    • 9 The Four Tendencies

    • 10 Champagne Moments

    • 11 5-Second Winning
  • 4

    Writing for Marketability

    • 1 Rules to Follow and Rules to Break

    • 2 Know Your Genre

    • 3 Taking Your Passengers for a Ride

    • 4 Friendly Competition

    • 5 Word Count Counts
  • 5

    The Secret Science of Storytelling

    • 1 The CALLIOPE Method

    • 2 The Basic Ingredients

    • 3 Recipe for the Rollercoaster

    • 4 Sugar & Spice

    • 5 Oak Leaf Story Design

    • 6 The Double Helix
  • 6

    Pitch Craft

    • 1 The Holy Grail

    • 2 The Art of the Pitch

    • 3 The One-Liner

    • 4 The Elevator Pitch

    • 5 The 3-Minute Pitch

    • 6 Major League

    • 7 The Bio

    • 8 The Presentation
  • 7

    Session 01

    • Session 01 Recording - Monday, 3/23
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    Session 02

    • Session 02 Recording - Tuesday, 3/24

    • When Your Grandmama is a Writing Coach
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    Session 03

    • Session 03 Recording - Wednesday, 3/25

    • Slide Deck: Rachel Dawson - The First 10 Pages

    • Slide Deck: Kevin Rothert - Beyond the Gatekeepers
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    Session 04

    • Session 04 Recording - Thursday, 3/26

    • Slide Deck: Allison Hong Merrill - Author Presence
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    Session 05

    • Session 05 Recording - Friday, 3/27
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    Session 06

    • Session 06 Recordings - Saturday, 3/28
  • 13

    Preparing to Pitch

    • Bonus Q&A for Pitching

    • Skippyjon Jones

    • Fiction & NonFiction 3-Minute Pitch Format
  • 14

    Notes from the Pitch Room

    • Coaching from Tuesday Pitch Sessions
  • 15

    The CRUCIBLE Results & Final Session

    • Recording - Results and Mili Miri - A Platform You Can Stand On