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SUMMARY:Inspired Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Inspired Writing Retreat has been running at the beautiful Chateau de Bossey\, near Geneva\, Switzerland\, since 2017. QWF member Daniela Norris is one of its founding members and she warmly invites you to this event on the 15-16 March\, 2025. More details here https://lingurib.wixsite.com/inspiredwriting/about \n\n\n\nQWF Member Discount: Inspired Writing is offering a 10% discount to QWF members who sign up by 10 March. Use coupon code QWF2025 to get the discount. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://qwf.org/event/inspired-writing-retreat/
LOCATION:Château de Bossey\, Chem. Chenevière 2\, 1279 Bogis-Bossey\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 15\, 2025\, 10:00 am–12:30 pm ETOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link\n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25-minute bursts\, with 5-minute breaks in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below. You will receive the Zoom link a few days before the session. \n\n\n\nNote: RSVPs for virtual Shut Up & Write! sessions close 24 hours before the session begins. If there is no option to RSVP\, RSVPs are closed.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-30/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:The Magic & the Nitty-gritty of Writing Prose
DESCRIPTION:This two-day workshop is for writers of prose (fiction or nonfiction) seeking to make the most of their writing practice and create quality\, publishable work. It is geared to both beginner and intermediate writers. \n\n\n\nDuring the course of two consecutive Saturdays\, the workshop will explore: \n\n\n\n\nThe magic of the creative process\n\n\n\n\nThe impulse to write is personal\, intangible\, and beautiful. It is also often fraught with obstacles\, such as a lack of focus or time\, and fear. The workshop will include a review of bolstering techniques to enhance and energize your writing practice. \n\n\n\n\nThe nitty-gritty of storytelling\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will cover the craft of writing\, with an intensive review of the fundamentals of narrative prose. Topics include characterization and voice\, pacing and structure\, time and setting\, suspense and drama\, and how to refine your work through redrafting and editing with a view to being published. \n\n\n\nOptional: Participants will be invited to submit up to one page (double-spaced) of an opening to a story\, essay\, or chapter. Each submission will be discussed during the final day of the workshop in a friendly\, respectful\, and inclusive manner. \n\n\n\nThere will also be ample opportunities for writers to share their preoccupations and ask questions. By the end of the second Saturday\, participants should leave with a toolkit for pursuing artistic excellence and a strengthened sense of confidence. \n\n\n\nCora Siré is a novelist\, poet\, and short story writer. She is the author of five books\, including Fear the Mirror (Véhicule Press\, 2021)\, a hybrid collection of stories and memoir. Her novel\, Behold Things Beautiful\, was a finalist for the 2017 QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. \n\n\n\nCora’s stories\, essays\, and poems have appeared in many anthologies and magazines in Canada\, the US\, Mexico\, and Europe. Her work has been translated into French and Spanish. Based in Montréal\, she often writes of elsewheres\, drawing on her encounters in faraway places and her family’s history of displacement.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-magic-the-nitty-gritty-of-writing-prose/2025-03-15/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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