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			<h5 class="statusopen" id="prog-1405">The Irresistible Fantastical Supernatural: Writing a World that Beckons<span class="smallcaps"> (L5 IMAGINATION ROOM)</span></h5>
			<p class="line-speakers">Cynthia Leitich Smith<small> (Author & Faculty, MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts)</small>
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			<p>How do we inspire young readers to care, to invest enough in the fantastical to keep turning pages? Award-winning, bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith discusses the writing process, especially the role of diverse settings as spring boards to suspension of disbelief, and facilitates writing exercises to make the spooky magic feel true.</p>

			<p><em>Part of Writers &amp; Illustrators Conference (<a href="https://afcc.com.sg/2016/page/writers-illustrators-conference-2016#prog-1405">see session details</a>)</em></p>
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