DFWCon 2026

DFWCon 2026

8:30am CDT

Age Isn't Just a Number: Exploring Age Categories in KidLit Room 1 How to Revise a Chapter: Let's Edit a Chapter Together (Live!) Room 6

9:30am CDT

Bridge Over Troubled Water II Room 1 Navigating Literary and Revelatory Poetry Room 2 Your First Five Pages Room 6 ✅ Understanding and Utilizing Narrative Position Room 3

10:30am CDT

Character Assassination: How to Torture Your Characters with Their Past Room 6 How to Hide Research in Historical Fiction Room 5 ✅ Mind Your Mannerisms Room 1 ✅ Read Like You Write: Unlocking the Wisdom of Your Literary Heroes Room 2

11:30am CDT

How the Door Swings: A Guide to Writing Romance Heat Levels Room 6 Micro Expressions, Macro Impact: Writing Body Language That Speaks Room 5 Writing Human Women Room 1 ✅ Treat Every Book Like a Thriller: Tips for Writing Page-Turners in Any Genre Room 3

2:10pm CDT

The Art of Truth: Writing Nonfiction They Can't Put Down Room 1 You Think That’s Funny? Room 2 ✅ Book Balderdash: Play a Game, Fool Your Friends & Improve Your Writing! Room 3 ✅ Workshop: Top 5 Lessons from Self-Editing for Fiction Writers and How to Implement Them Now Room 5

3:10pm CDT

Banter and Barbs Room 5 Character Driven Fiction Room 6 Me Write Pretty One Day Room 1 ✅ Writing in the Margins Room 3

4:10pm CDT

Anatomy of the Unreliable Narrator Room 2 The Editorial Escape Room: Curse on a Doomed Draft Room 3 Turn That Spark into a Blaze: 7 Steps to Crafting Compelling Conflict Room 6 Writing for Kids These Days Room 1

9:00am CDT

Home Is Where the Heart Is: Using the Setting Around You to Build Fantasical Worlds Room 2 Screen to Page: Screenwriting Techniques for Creating Dynamic Fiction Room 3 You Can’t Always Leave the Past in the Past: Trauma, Flashbacks, and the Art of Backstory Room 1 ✅ Writing Resources 101 Room 6

10:00am CDT

Strategic Dialogue Deployment: Subtext, Story Beats, and Other Things You Didn’t Know Dialogue Could Do Room 2 Writing Middle Grade Books Room 3 Writing Suspense, Mysteries, and Thrillers Room 6 ✅ Feed Your Readers: All About Social Media Content For Authors Room 5

11:00am CDT

Andor: A Study in Adding Politics to Your Plot Room 2 Grammar AMA Room 5 How To Revise Like An Editor Room 6 ✅ Scene Structure Room 3

1:40pm CDT

How to Plot a Romance Arc That Complements the External Plot Room 1 No Small Parts: Big Worlds Built with Minor Characters Room 6 Revision as Momentum Engineering: Building a Revision Roadmap That Actually Works Room 3 Write a Picture Book with Me! Room 5 ✅ Brick House Chapter Building Room 2

2:40pm CDT

The Art of the Breakup Room 5 The Greatest Duos of All Time: How to Craft Killer Character Foils Room 3 ✅ The Writing Habit: How to Create Routines That Reduce Writing Anxiety and Produce Better Work TBA

3:40pm CDT

From Badge to Courtroom: Understanding the Layers of Criminal Investigation Room 2 The Art of the Memoir: Telling Your Story Room 5 Time Travels — A Fiction Workshop on the Clock Room 3 When to Rework It and When to Kill It: Revising vs Rewriting Room 1