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SUMMARY:The Joys and Pitfalls of Memoir
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the hazards and rewards of writing a personal memoir. Throughout the eight weeks\, we will look at ways to produce a compelling narrative out of the chaos of the past. We’ll discuss the tremendous value of research\, but we’ll also consider whether research can sometimes handicap a project. We will explore the creation of a narrative voice. And we will ask if and how a writer knows that a memoir has achieved its ideal focus and shape. \n\n\n\nEach participant will be expected to produce one or two finished (or near-finished) pieces of writing. They could be either stand-alone essays or excerpts from a longer work. I will provide a detailed response to these pieces\, and other participants in the workshop will be asked to give their feedback too. A good portion of time each week will be spent on a discussion of the work submitted by participants. Throughout the workshops\, I plan to emphasize the crucial importance not just of remembering but of rethinking and rewriting.  \n\n\n\nIn the remainder of each session\, we will examine and debate issues that memoir-writing brings to the fore. We will delve into some thorny issues that memoirs often raise: the unreliability of memory\, an author’s urge to justify\, and the sense of hurt and betrayal that a memoir may provoke in other people. I will ask the participants to read selected materials (none of them too lengthy) as a basis for discussion.   \n\n\n\n“Memoir\,” for the purposes of this workshop\, can include small-scale personal essays as well as longer\, more ambitious texts. The participants may choose to focus on a particular relationship\, place\, or time. But the pieces they submit for discussion should all be personal in nature\, and unless there are unusual reasons to the contrary\, they should make use of the first-person pronoun. Memoir can be a demanding form; it allows the author no place to hide. Yet it can be immensely rewarding to write. \n\n\n\nThe overall aim is to equip participants with more awareness\, more skills\, and more confidence in their own work.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-joys-and-pitfalls-of-memoir/2023-03-21/
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SUMMARY:Deep Story Design
DESCRIPTION:Deep Story Design depends on a divine trine of three elements: character\, plot\, and theme. \n\n\n\nNovelists\, screenwriters\, and memoirists who learn to harmonize these elements are able to create stories with depth and resonance. \n\n\n\nThis 8-week online course is for the longer form narrative writer who wants to: create structurally sound and engaging plots; craft characters whose inner and outer conflicts captivate readers; and develop impactful themes that linger after the story is over. \n\n\n\nUsing April’s Deep Story Design method of combining basic three-act structure\, the seven stepping stones that uphold a narrative arc\, and the four stages of authentic character development\, writers will be guided to create a cohesive story that is greater than the sum of its parts. \n\n\n\nWeekly lessons\, homework assignments\, and in-class exercises and conversations will focus on the essential story elements that need to be in place to ensure a compelling and meaningful narrative. \n\n\n\nNote: Handouts will be provided digitally. Live weekly Zoom calls will be recorded and available for review for up to two weeks after the workshop finishes. Homework assignments\, shared with and reviewed by participants\, will receive light feedback from April during class time. \n\n\n\nApril Bosshard has been called a “story whisperer” and “story genie” for her keen awareness of story principles and deep understanding of the writer’s craft\, which allows her to help writers deal with the complex issues of story-creating and sticking to the writing process. She’s led workshops in Canada\, the US\, France\, and Mexico\, including at the internationally recognized San Miguel Writers Conference. She’s written novels\, short stories\, poems\, and non-fiction essays for traditional and independent markets\, which include publications in the US\, UK\, and Canada. Most recently\, she contributed a chapter to the newly released The Great Book of Journaling\, How Journal Writing Can Support a Life of Wellness\, Creativity\, Meaning\, and Purpose\, (Conari\, June 2022). April develops and maintains online courses and writing programs while also working with individual clients as a writing coach and developmental editor.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/deep-story-design/2023-03-21/
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SUMMARY:Counter Offence
DESCRIPTION:Set in 90’s Montreal\, Counter Offence tells the story of Shazia\, an Indo-Quebecois woman who finds herself caught in an abusive marriage with Shapoor\, an Iranian man grappling with complex parental problems\, and challenges of immigration. Things take a turn when Shapoor is arrested on domestic violence charges by Sgt. Galliard\, a white officer staunchly dedicated to preventing violence against women. Moolchand\, an Indo-Canadian anti-racist activist\, comes to Shapoor’s defense\, by accusing Galliard and the entire SPVM of racial bias. Clarinda Keith\, a Black social worker\, defends Galliard despite the police’s undeniable racism against people of colour\, in order to support the voices of vulnerable women. When suddenly a body is found\, everyone is a suspect as lines between what is right and wrong become blurred. Counter Offence explores multiple realities existing simultaneously\, and asks the question: how can one discover truth through conflicting narratives?
URL:https://qwf.org/event/counter-offence/2023-03-21/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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SUMMARY:Tell Your Story as a Graphic Novel!
DESCRIPTION:You don’t need to be an artist to enjoy this graphic novel workshop. All you need is a story you want to tell and the courage to put it down on paper. Drawings can be formal and detailed or simple and expressive. Comic making bridges storytelling and picture making\, and this workshop will explore both. Through dynamic exercises that combine simple drawing experiments and story brainstorming\, each participant will develop their own personal style and hone the story they wish to tell. \n\n\n\nPeople will share their work and give feedback on each other’s pieces and end the workshop with a comic of their own! \n\n\n\nKate Lavut is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Chico\, a true tale of the time she dressed as a boy\, jumped on a bus\, and went to Mexico. Chico was featured at TCAF\, Toronto Comics Arts Festival\, and was a finalist for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Lavut has recently produced her play A Little Bit Pregnant at Fringe Montreal and was a finalist for the Most Promising Emerging Artist award. She is currently at work on a new graphic novel\, about her experience having breast cancer\, called Content Removed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/tell-your-story-as-a-graphic-novel/2023-03-21/
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