Texas Writes in ATX

For years, we have been sending award-winning and bestselling authors into small community libraries across the state to talk about the craft behind their fiction, memoir, and poetry. Now, for the first time, we’re gathering ten of those presentations in one place: Austin Community College’s beautiful Riverside Campus in Austin, TX.

Over two days, ten authors will give 35-minute presentations focused on particular areas of craft that have been important to their own work. The presenters will also take part in a series of moderated discussions with one another. Topics will include

• Finding your way to fiction
• Dismantling doubt
• Transforming facts into stories
• Sharpening your descriptive powers
• Making dialogue work for you
• Building tension and creating conflict
• Writing about the workplace in fiction and memoir
• The problem of memory in creative writing
• The elements of crime fiction