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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 11\, 2026\, 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are registered but can no longer attend\, please email john@qwf.org.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-virtual-57/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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SUMMARY:Master the Craft of Storytelling: The Sentence
DESCRIPTION:The sentence is the building block from which all stories are made\, whether short flash fiction or a full-length novel. In this one-day intensive workshop\, we’ll slow down and study the sentence on its own terms. Through close readings of work by masters of prose like Michael Ondaatje\, Margaret Atwood\, Cormac McCarthy\, and Alice Munro\, we’ll explore what gives a sentence its shape\, clarity\, and strength—and how we can apply those techniques in our own writing. We will develop an appreciation for the impact attention to the sentence can have on the larger work. \n\n\n\nWhile most workshops focus on larger elements like plot\, structure\, or theme\, in this one\, we’ll turn our attention to the sentence itself. We’ll look at how choices in diction\, syntax\, rhythm\, and sound affect how a sentence works. In-class exercises will include writing new sentences and reworking old ones\, both through generative prompts and revision practice. Writers will leave with a deeper understanding of the sentence as a tool—and how to use it with care and control. \n\n\n\nStudents are welcome to bring a paragraph of their own writing for a revision exercise.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/master-the-craft-of-storytelling-the-sentence/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:La belle-mère (Maison de la Culture Pointe-aux-Trembles)
DESCRIPTION:Nous avons l’honneur de présenter La belle-mère dans le cadre de la 42e édition du CAM en tournée\, en 2025-2026. \nLa belle-mère sera présenté dans quatre maisons de la culture à Montréal\, entre novembre 2025 et avril 2026. Toutes les représentations sont gratuites\, mais une réservation est nécéssaire dans certains de ces lieux. Le spectacle sera présenté dans sa version française seulement\, avec Amélie Prévost dans le rôle de la Belle-mère et Rachel McCrum dans celui de la Voix bleue.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/la-belle-mere-maison-de-la-culture-pointe-aux-trembles/
LOCATION:Maison de la Culture Pointe-aux-Trembles\, 14001\, rue Notre-Dame Est\, Montréal\, QC\, H1A 1T9\, Canada
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