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SUMMARY:Short Genre Fiction: From Start to Finish
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re an old hand seeking fresh inspiration or a newcomer working on your very first short story\, we’d love to see you in this workshop! \n\n\n\nRich is the author of 250+ stories; his work has picked up numerous accolades\, and has been translated into over a dozen languages and adapted to screen. In this workshop\, he distills fifteen years of professional experience into a wide-scope\, step-by-step approach to brainstorming\, writing\, and revising short stories\, then homes in on specific techniques and advice tailored to your individual goals. \n\n\n\nYou’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how short stories come together\, new tools in your toolkit\, and a renewed zest for writing. \n\n\n\nSample topics: \n\n\n\n\n\nGleaning ideas from life\, music\, art\, fiction\,\n\n\n\nCombining ideas\, creating interesting juxtapositions\n\n\n\nPlotting\n\n\n\nGenerating endings\n\n\n\nDifferentiating characters\n\n\n\nRevision and submission\n\n\n\nTips for the daily (or nowhere near) writing practice\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Larson was born in Niger\, has lived in Spain and Czech Republic\, and is currently based in Canada. He is the author of the novels Annex and Ymir\, as well as collections Tomorrow Factory and The Sky Didn’t Load Today and Other Glitches. His fiction has been translated into over a dozen languages\, among them Polish\, French\, Romanian\, and Japanese\, and has been adapted into an Emmy-winning episode of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/short-genre-fiction-from-start-to-finish/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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