I’ve finally posted all of my notes from the 2010 SCBWI LA Conference!

For your convenience I have listed below and linked all of the keynote speeches and breakout sessions I attended to their corresponding posts. Be sure to bookmark this page for future reference!

2010 SCBWI LA Conference Keynote Speech and Breakout Session List:

FRIDAY:

• John Scieszka Keynote:  Tales of a Picture Book Writer
• M.T. Anderson Keynote: The End of All Our Exploring – The Journey of Narrative
• Stephanie Owens Lurie:  How to Think Like a Publisher
• Stephanie Owens Lurie: Additional Q&A with Owens Lurie
• Editor’s Panel #1 with Nick Eliopulos, Jennifer Rees, Claudie Gabel, Krista Marino, and Brenda Murray: From Your House to My House: What Makes Me Choose Your Book
• Jennifer Cervantes, Christina Gonzalez, and Guadalupe Garcia McCall: Stories That Cross Borders and Boundaries
• Latino Identity: Evaluative Measures
• Loren Long Keynote: The Picture Book, My Two Cents Worth

SATURDAY:

• Gordon Korman Keynote: Writing for Kids – A Three-Quarter Life’s Work
• Agent Panel with Ginger Clark, Josh Adams, Lisa Grubka, and Ken Wright: Literary Agents View the Market Place
• Marion Dane Bauer Keynote: The Shape of Our Stories
• E.B. Lewis Keynote: Follow Your Passions
• Nick Eliopulos: Creating a Graphic Novel – The Process
• Nick Eliopulos: Demystifying The Graphic Novel
• Gail Carson Levine: 12 Ways to Create Suspense
• Gail Carson Levine: 7 Ways to Develop Compelling Characters
• Gail Carson Levine: Plot and Predictability

SUNDAY:

• Non-Fiction Panel: Why Narrative Nonfiction is Hotter than Ever
• Carolyn Mackler Keynote: For Richer or Poorer – Writing Through Good Times and Bad
• Rachel Vail: Creating Adolescent Characters From the Inside Out
• Rachel Vail: How Acting Can Help You to Develop Character
• M.T. Anderson: Literary Experiment in Books for Children
• M.T. Anderson: Defining Experimental Fiction
• Gennifer Choldenko Keynote: Writing Novels for Today’s Kids
• Rubin Pfeffer Keynote: Are We Now A Society of Content Creators?

MONDAY:

• Rachel Vail Keynote: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters
• Paul Fleishman Keynote: Surviving the Novel
• Editors Panel #2 with Jennifer Hunt, Stephanie Owens Lurie, Justin Chada, and Francesco Sedita: A View From the Top – Four Publishers Discuss our Industry
• Jennifer Rees: Your Voice is  Your Voice – Keeping it Real
• Jill Alexander and Michael Bourret: Your Manuscript is Ready. But Are You?
• Ashley Bryan Keynote: A Tender Bridge

To learn more about the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and their events visit them online at: www.scbwi.org

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