november, 2024
Novel Writing Intensive Retreat
with critically acclaimed authors Steven James and Robert Dugoni
about
If you're ready for intensive instruction to improve your writing, and if you're serious about taking your manuscript to the next level, award-winning novelists Steven James and Robert Dugoni invite you to join them for a time of in-depth teaching, growth, and encouragement.
Your instructors
STEVEN JAMES
Steven James is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and dozens of nonfiction books. He has served for many years as a contributing editor to Writer’s Digest Magazine, and his three books on the craft of writing and storytelling were all recipients of Storytelling World Awards (Story Trumps Structure, Troubleshooting Your Novel, The Art of the Tale).
Steven’s books have won or been shortlisted for more than a dozen national and international awards, and his articles and stories have appeared in more than eighty publications including The New York Times.
Steven earned a Master’s Degree in Storytelling from ETSU in 1997. He has taught writing and storytelling principles at events spanning the globe, appearing more than two thousand times on five continents. He is a regular keynote speaker and workshop teacher at premier writing conferences and retreats throughout North America.
In 2010, Steven developed the Novel Writing Intensive retreats to provide a concentrated time of study and feedback for fiction writers of all levels.
He lives in Tennessee in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. When he's not writing or speaking, you’ll find him hiking, playing basketball, or downing mugs of gourmet coffee.
Visit his official website at https://www.stevenjames.net.
Follow him on social media @readstevenjames.
Subscribe to his weekly podcast The Story Blender.
ROBERT DUGONI
Robert Dugoni is the New York Times and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series, which has sold more than 11 million books worldwide.
Along with the Charles Jenkins espionage series and the David Sloane legal thriller series, Robert is the author of The Keera Duggan legal series and the William Shoemacher historical series set in 1933 Seattle. Several of his stand-alone novels include The 7th Canon, Damage Control, The World Played Chess, and The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell—a literary novel that was named Suspense Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year. Robert’s narration of Sam Hell won an AudioFile Earphones Award. Robert's 2004 book The Cyanide Canary was named a Washington PostBest Book of the Year. Many of his novels have also been optioned for movies and television series.
Robert is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction and the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for Best Novel Set in the Pacific Northwest. He is also a two-time finalist for the International Thriller Award, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award.
Robert's books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
Visit his website at https://www.robertdugonibooks.com.
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DAYS
14+
HOURS OF INSTRUCTION
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50
PAGE EVALUATION
DATES
Group 1: November 7 - 10, 2024
Group 2 : November 11 - 14, 2024
VENUE & LODGING
Historic eureka inn
jonesborough, tennessee
TENtative schedule
day 1
3:30-5:15pm: Check-in
5:30: Introductions
6:00: Dinner
6:45: Orientation
7:15: Seminar 1
8:30: TBD
day 2
7:30-8:15: Breakfast
8:30: Seminar 2
9:45: Critique & Discussion Session 1
11:00: Seminar 3
12:00: Lunch/personal Time
1:00: One-on-ones
1:45: Critique & Discussion Session 2
3:00: Seminar 4
4:15: Critique & Discussion Session 3
5:30: Dinner
6:45: Critique & Discussion Session 4
8:00: TBD
day 3
7:30-8:15: Breakfast
8:30: Critique & Discussion Session 5
9:45: Seminar 5
11:00: Critique & Discussion Session 6
12:00: Lunch/personal time
2:00: One-on-ones
4:15: Seminar 6
5:30: Dinner
6:30: Seminar 7
7:30: Q&A/book table
8:30: TBD
day 4
8:00: Breakfast and awards
9:00: Seminar 8
10:00: Closing remarks/goodbyes
11:00: Pack and check out