Superstars Writing Seminars 2025

Superstars Writing Seminars 2025

Carrie Christopher

SSWS25 Mod Squad [moderator]

writer | creative | recordist | cat lover

Denver and Crestone, Colorado

https://thesoulclinic.com/

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About me

Second year SSWS, first year Mod Squad, super excited for SSWS25. Please say hello and introduce yourself. I am writing my first novel - spec fic / portal fantasy. Colorado is my home. Talk to me about adventure motorcycling, field recording, writing, ceramics, climate science, creativity.

7:30am MST

Check-In Registration Desk

7:45am MST

Mod Squad Meeting Gunnison

8:30am MST

Opening Remarks and Announcements Colorado

9:00am MST

9:15am MST

From Idea to the End (Part 1) Amphitheater (EPR)

10:45am MST

11:00am MST

From Idea to the End (Part 2) Amphitheater (EPR)

12:30pm MST

Lunch On Your Own None

2:00pm MST

Strata: the Underlying Layers of Skillful Writing (Part 1) Colorado

3:30pm MST

3:45pm MST

Strata: the Underlying Layers of Skillful Writing (Part 2) Colorado

5:30pm MST

Announcements Colorado

5:45pm MST

Dinner On Your Own None

7:00am MST

Check-In Registration Desk

7:45am MST

Mod Squad Meeting Gunnison

8:30am MST

Opening Remarks and Announcements Colorado

9:00am MST

How to Keep on Keeping On Colorado

10:00am MST

10:15am MST

Creating Audiobooks White River I Pitch Practice White River II

11:15am MST

11:30am MST

Writing Dialogue as Action Gunnison

12:30pm MST

Lunch On Your Own None

2:00pm MST

Pitches / Career Counseling White River II

3:00pm MST

3:15pm MST

Mastering Book Formatting in Vellum Manitou

4:15pm MST

4:30pm MST

Author Assistants: The Secret to Avoiding Burnout Manitou

5:30pm MST

Announcements Colorado

5:45pm MST

Welcome Mixer Centennial

6:45pm MST

Dinner on your own None

8:30pm MST

First Pages Party Arkansas

8:30am MST

Announcements Colorado

8:45am MST

Pitches / Career Counseling White River II

9:45am MST

10:00am MST

Avoiding the Sophomore Novel Slump Manitou

11:00am MST

11:15am MST

Tax Myths Costing Authors Money Arkansas

12:15pm MST

Lunch On Your Own None

1:45pm MST

Live Editing and Q&A White River I

2:45pm MST

3:00pm MST

Let's Trim That Word Count Gunnison

4:00pm MST

4:15pm MST

Announcements Colorado

4:30pm MST

A Special Presentation: Drawing Out the Dragons Colorado

7:00pm MST

Banquet (Ticketed Event) Cheyenne

8:00pm MST

Romance: A Hot Genre That Keeps Getting Hotter Colorado

8:30am MST

Announcements Colorado

8:45am MST

Write (or Revise) to a Theme Manitou

9:45am MST

10:00am MST

Blending Genres Amphitheater (EPR)

11:00am MST

11:15am MST

The Art of Villainy: Writing Great Antagonists Gunnison

12:15pm MST

Lunch On Your Own None

1:45pm MST

Plot on the Spot Gunnison

2:45pm MST

3:00pm MST

Resilience for Writers White River I

4:00pm MST

4:15pm MST

Revision Strategies for Every Writer Gunnison

5:30pm MST

Endowment Auction and Announcements Colorado

7:00pm MST

Banquet (Ticketed Event) Cheyenne

8:15am MST

Announcements Colorado

8:30am MST

Things I'd Tell My Younger Self Colorado

9:30am MST

9:45am MST

Drawings / Vendor Bingo Colorado

10:00am MST

End of Conference Q&A Colorado

10:30am MST

10:45am MST

End of Conference Q&A Colorado

11:15am MST

End of Conference Q&A Colorado

11:45am MST

Conference Wrap-up and Farewell Colorado