Headed out to the airport. Apparently Philadelphia is not somewhere you ever want to fly through. They have wind problems all the time, according to the stewardesses. Flight was supposed to leave at 8am. Ran into Donovan at the airport …

Final day. We finished critiquing around 2. OSC stayed to sign books and give some last minute advice. He also pointed those of us staying the final night to his favorite restaurant for dinner. Some of us went out that …

Today we started a little later since we seemed to be ahead. I was still up at 6am to get in some last minute reading. We critiqued two, I believe and then had lunch, reconvening at 2:45. My story came …

Today we started at 9am. We critiqued the first two stories before lunch. We had received them the night before and presumably had read them. This is why it is important to get yours done first. You will have a …

The day began at 6am. I couldn’t sleep. I had done some plotting the night before, but now I had to produce a story of about 5,000 words today. Strictly speaking, it didn’t have to be completed in a day, …

I wrote up the three story cards last night and was up until midnight. I picked out: 1) The sign “To lakes and streams” 2) The interview with the loss prevention manager 3) The book. Out of the three, I …