Description
Eight Wednesdays, Mar 6-Apr 24, 6-8pm
Open to all levels of writers who have a book-length prose manuscript they want to work on
Limited to 12 participants
Hybrid Workshop*
You’ve written a first draft of your novel or your memoir. You know you need to rework it, but you’re stuck. It doesn’t quite work, but you are not sure why. Rewriting the opening over and over isn’t helping. So, what should you do?
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to see your own work with an editor’s eye using tips, tricks, and hands-on exercises.
The workshop will focus on big-picture issues, including story line, character development, and genre expectations, and help you bring the story alive on the page through rhythm, effective dialogue, and language choices.
Through the course of the workshop, you’ll learn how to:
- Spot common big-picture problems (info dumping, “as you know, Bob” explanations, insufficient conflict, misunderstanding genre conventions, etc.)
- Track character development (goals and motivation)
- See the advantages and pitfalls of different points of view
- Make the most out of dialogue
- Play with language and develop your imagination
This workshop is geared toward fiction and creative nonfiction book-length manuscripts.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll better understand what isn’t working in your manuscript and how to fix it, and, hopefully, have learned to love the rewriting process.
*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person. By default, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to attend the workshop via Zoom, first email Riley (riley@qwf.org) to see if online spots are still available for this workshop, and then wait for confirmation. Virtual spots are limited and are reserved for people who either live outside Montreal or have a medical condition.
