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SUMMARY:Bring Your Story to Life: Novel Writing Course with Mentorship & Group Support
DESCRIPTION:The Unbearable Lightness of Novel Writing – 6-Week Course Starting Sept 22  \nBlending online learning\, group work\, and one-on-one mentoring. \nLearn the fundamentals of novel writing—character\, plot\, setting—while developing your writer’s instinct for when a story’s working and when it isn’t. This six-week course will build your confidence as a writer in a fun\, safe\, and dynamic atmosphere where you’ll learn from each other while crafting your own story. \nThe course will cover: \nCharacter development and compelling dialogue\nPlot structure and narrative tension\nSetting and worldbuilding\nShow\, don’t tell techniques\nPacing and story flow\nSensory descriptions that captivate readers\nOvercoming writer’s block\nManuscript polishing strategies \nDiscover the story that’s waiting for you to tell it.​ \nYou’ll receive individual mentoring sessions\, group feedback\, and practical techniques that save time. By course end\, you’ll have a complete toolkit for crafting memorable stories and the confidence to move forward with your novel. \nTestimonials \nLissa is approachable and supportive while providing detailed\, specific feedback on student writing. She offers guidance that respects and applauds student voice. I felt seen and heard by this fantastic coach in the course I took with her. –Angela Mason \nWorking with Lissa Cowan was a transformative experience in bringing  Power of Fear to life. –P.W. Brown \nIf you’re looking for a course that will help you develop your voice while giving you the tools to shape your story\, I can’t recommend Lissa enough. –Antoinette Bekker (MFA) \n Space is limited. Course begins September 22. $399 until September 15.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bring-your-story-to-life-novel-writing-course-with-mentorship-group-support/
LOCATION:Quebec
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SUMMARY:Poetry\, Place and Politics: Readings and Moderated Discussion at FLUX Festival
DESCRIPTION:How do poets and their poetry intervene into discussions and activism related to the politics of place? How might poetry enrich our understanding of place\, politics and the ways in which they might intertwine? This free event will feature several poets whose poetry addresses these questions. It will involve a brief reading by each poet\, followed by a guided discussion. Come and experience a variety of ways in which poets and poetry can activate our minds and urge us to think and act in new ways when navigating our present most perilous times. \nParticipants include: Kaie Kellough\, Deanna Smith and Marilou Craft with moderation by Prof. Amber Rose Johnson \nFacebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1441377396924951
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-place-and-politics-readings-and-moderated-discussion-at-flux-festival/
LOCATION:Daphne Art Centre\, 5425 Casgrain Avenue\, Unit 103\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1X6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Panel
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SUMMARY:Poet & composer Tanner Menard + sound artist Martín Rodríguez @ FLUX Festival
DESCRIPTION:Tanner Menard: A vessel for consciousness\, carrying sound\, vision\, and breath as living currents of presence. Here in relation\, a transparent ray of lineage\, flowing beyond self. THIS open pathway for imaginal becoming—beyond name\, beyond nation—with what is shared\, resonant\, alive. The living path. \nhttps://fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-poet \nAs a transmission and sound artist\, Martín Rodríguez’s work emerges from his Xicanx upbringing along the Arizona-Mexico border. He employs performance\, intervention\, and installation as a process for deciphering aural histories and entangled identities. After recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor\, a chance encounter with a radio transmission caught in the pickup coils of his guitar reoriented Rodríguez. Developing his practice from crisis\, he examines radio as a transformative medium.  \nFacebook Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1473808313924906
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poet-composer-tanner-menard-sound-artist-martin-rodriguez-flux-festival/
LOCATION:Daphne Art Centre\, 5425 Casgrain Avenue\, Unit 103\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1X6\, Canada
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