We're nearly finished planning the 2025 conference and we can't wait to share these presentations with you!

Starting March 17, we'll have a full week of video workshops available for you on our YouTube channel. These workshops have been carefully and lovingly created—and donated—to help you be a better writer. Watch them as many times as you want, for free. If you're planning to join us live, we're having a watch party all week in Discord!

We've organized these presentations into six groups and we'll see most groups every day throughout the week. Keep in mind, some of these videos fit in multiple groups and this list is still subject to change. We'll let you know!

Drafting

From generating the initial idea to outline, through the middle, and all the way to the end, this group of videos will help you maximize your writing time to put more of your ideas onto the page. Look for...

"Bright Ideas" with Rachael Clarke

"From Roots to Realms" with Vanessa Montalban

"Book Outlining Basics" with Tenesha Curtis

"Character and Worldbuilding Workbooks" with CH Knyght

"Five Ways to Use Setting" with Tommy Dean

"Writing in a Flash" with Lisa Fox

"Every Word Matters" with Wendy Van Camp

"From Fanfiction to Creative Fiction" with Craig Kofi Farmer

"Pushing Through the Middle" with E.L. Johnson

"Writing Trauma Without Traumatising Yourself" with Sumitra Singam

"How to Write a Book in 7 Days" with Benjamin Ryan

Editing

After your draft is finished, you're left with the daunting question of what comes next. These videos help show the different types of editing and what you can do to improve what you have. Look for...

"Master the Craft" with Tim McKay

"Understanding the Copyediting Process" with Sara Sudol

"Leveraging Beta Reading" with Lisa Fox and Andrea Goyan

"Preparing Your Manuscript" with Andie Smith

Process

How you write is just as important as what you write... and what you do with it after it's written. Presentations in this group cover different avenues and steps in the publishing process that might help you find your home. Look for...

"Introduction to Steampunk" with Stephen Beale

"Creating Queer Characters in YA Books" with Diane Billas

"The Agony of Querying" with Charlotte Goodwin

"Translation" with Taty Guedes

"From Prose to Screen" with Leah Simmons

Marketing

Once you're all set with drafting and editing your fantastic tale and you've decided what to do with it, this group of presentations will help you put your work in your readers' hands. Look for...

"Ready to Submit?" with Tina Tocco

"Networking for Authors" with Robin Alvarez

"Author Talk Ideas" with Deb Lerew

"Publicity Tips for Independent Authors" with Stephen Beale

"Utilizing AI in Children’s Book Marketing" with Laura De La Cruz

"A Peek Into Publishing Podcasts" with Demi Michelle Schwartz

Legal

At every stage, there are weird tricks and things you're unsure about. This group aims to demystify parts of the publishing industry that you'll use most. Look for...

"Intro to AI for Ethical Writers" parts 1 & 2 with Sarah Bailey

"From Concept to Contract: Navigating the Picture Book Journey" with Amy Nielsen

"Media Law" with Abigail Wild

Other

For all the other necessary topics that refuse to be boxed in, look for...

"Autistic Authors" with Taylor Grothe

"Panel: Finding a Literary Agent" with Christine Goss, Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Jenna Satterthwaite, and Vicky Weber

"Panel: Small Press Authors" with Alexandria Faulkenbury, Jeremey Harrison, Katy Metzger, S.E. Reed, and Mariah Stillbrook

Look for expanded descriptions for each video and a full presentation schedule in early March. We'll also have a full playlist so you can watch the whole conference, start to finish. See you there!

—Theresa

About the author: Theresa Green is a co-founder of The Writer’s Workout, a crime fiction writer, and an editor and book coach at Premier Literary Services. Her work is published in various anthologies and literary magazines under a pseudonym.