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SUMMARY:Writing the Personal Essay
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to see your words on the pages of your favourite newspaper\, magazine\, or website? The personal essay is a subgenre of creative nonfiction that focuses on unique stories with universal appeal told from a first-person perspective. In this 8-week course\, you’ll learn everything from how to generate ideas to how to structure your first and second drafts to how to pitch your completed piece. \n\n\n\nThe course will consist of teacher-led instruction\, at-home readings\, generative in-class writing exercises\, and guided peer feedback. You will also be expected to work on your essay at home\, between classes. By the end of this session\, you will have one completed personal essay. \n\n\n\nWeek 1: What is the personal essay? \n\n\n\nOverview of the genre and generating ideas. \n\n\n\nWeek 2: Structure \n\n\n\nDefining the elements of the personal essay and exploring structure. \n\n\n\nWeek 3: First Drafts\, Part I \n\n\n\nGetting words on the page. \n\n\n\nWeek 4: First Drafts\, Part II \n\n\n\nEmploying techniques from creative writing. \n\n\n\nWeek 5: Revision \n\n\n\nA step-by-step guide for revising your own work. \n\n\n\nWeek 6: Second Drafts \n\n\n\nHow to polish your essay and turn it into something publishable. \n\n\n\nWeek 7: Pitching and Publishing \n\n\n\nHow to find target outlets and write a great pitch. \n\n\n\nWeek 8: Ask-Me-Anything with a Working Editor \n\n\n\nGuest Editor (TBA) and wrap-up.Julie Matlin is a writer with pieces appearing in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Chatelaine\, The Globe and Mail\, Huffington Post\, CBC\, and other publications. She has one screenplay in development and is currently querying an essay collection\, Such a Nice Jewish Girl\, about the intersection of faith\, grief\, and identity\, which was supported by a Canada Council for the Arts grant. She has a weakness for puppies\, naps\, and the music of Jack White. You can follow her on twitter @jmatlin or Instagram and Threads @j.matlin. Portfolio:  www.juliematin.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-the-personal-essay/2024-11-18/
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SUMMARY:The Vivid and Continuous Dream: A Short Story Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In March\, in 1918\, an Olympic swimmer accepts a job rehabilitating the Polio-ravaged legs of a rich young woman\, not knowing the mess of love and wreckage that await their future selves; in Western Australia\, a bullied adolescent watches his high school tormentor drown beneath the surface of an aquifer—he expects reprieve\, but all his life he will sense the boy\, resinous\, in the mist and the warm wet air; in Spokane\, a man embarks on a strange\, galvanizing quest to reclaim an heirloom headdress that once belonged to his grandmother\, and the journey leaves him wondering who he is\, or who he used to be\, or who he might yet become. \n\n\n\nThe best stories ask questions but don’t dare give all the answers; they take the reader on a journey and leave them with a brief sliver of enlightenment. Yes: love is worth the cost to body and soul\, in 1918 as much as now. No: there is no easy escape from regret\, and good people will suffer if they stoop to the level of their abusers. Perhaps what matters is not to complete the task or reclaim our past\, but to reassure ourselves that we tried. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is a guided discussion about the plot\, characters\, point of view\, structure\, and language (the mechanics or “craft”) of participants’ short stories\, as well as an investigation of each story’s aboutness\, patterns\, emotional plot\, and central question(s)—that is\, all those hard-to-define elements that make fiction what it is. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, the workshop aims to foster community among the attendees\, to bring together writers of similar skill and drive\, and to encourage the kind of creative energy that crackles between new practitioners. \n\n\n\nSome Learning Objectives \n\n\n\n\nCritical reading\, and the ability to identify the roots of a story’s problems\, particularly with regard to dramatic structure and conflict. Conversely: the ability to identify the roots of a story’s successes\, especially when it seems intangible or difficult to pin down.\n\n\n\nClose reading\, even of your own work\, for strongest-possible sentences. (They are\, after all\, the building blocks of fiction.)\n\n\n\nTo immerse yourself in\, and engage with\, literature among a cohort of people who are similarly immersed and engaged in literature; to enjoy it.\n\n\n\n\nIn our first meeting\, we will establish a schedule\, review workshop etiquette\, spend some time meeting each other\, and do a few writing exercises. From then on\, each session will consist of detailed discussion and feedback on participants’ stories. The goal\, always\, is to offer the writer of each story constructive suggestions to help them improve the story and their craft. We are\, I always say\, in this together. \n\n\n\nIn preparation: Please bring a short story of no more than 2500 words to the first session. \n\n\n\nD. W. Wilson is the author of Once You Break a Knuckle\, a collection of short stories\, and Ballistics\, a novel. His work has appeared in lit mags across the globe\, and in 2011 he won the BBC National Short Story Award for “The Dead Roads.” Since then he has been shortlisted for numerous fiction prizes\, and has won the CBC Short Story Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize. He taught creative writing at the University of Victoria and Brandon University and is currently a fiction mentor for the University of King’s College’s writing MFA.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-vivid-and-continuous-dream-a-short-story-workshop-2/2024-11-18/
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SUMMARY:The Poet’s Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to write poetry but have trouble getting started? Are you interested in stepping outside of your comfort zone to generate new pieces? This workshop will help you to develop your voice as a poet by kindling your creativity with the support of a variety of writing tools\, prompts\, poetic forms\, and other techniques. \n\n\n\nIn each session\, participants will be presented with some combination of readings\, writing constraints\, or guided prompts. These will include assignments to write new pieces using different poetic forms including ekphrastic poetry (verse inspired by visual art)\, erasure/blackout poetry\, OULIPO games\, centos\, prose poems\, and haiku. Participants will be encouraged to share their writing results and will have a chance to discuss each other’s poems.  \n\n\n\nBy the end of this 8-week generative poetry writing workshop\, participants will have a chance to produce a portfolio of approximately 8 new pieces of creative work. \n\n\n\nGreg Santos is a poet\, editor\, and educator. His most recent book is Ghost Face (2020) and he has published several other poetry collections. His writing has appeared in CBC First Person\, The Walrus\, Geist\, AGNI\, The Best American Poetry Blog\, and World Literature Today. He has worked with the QWF’s Writers in the Community Program\, Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters\, Poetry in Voice\, and the Thomas More Institute to spread the joy of verse and creative writing to diverse communities. He is the Editor in Chief of the QWF’s online literary journal carte blanche. He is an adoptee of Cambodian\, Portuguese\, and Spanish heritage. Greg lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal with his wife and two children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-poets-toolbox/2024-11-19/
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SUMMARY:Memoir: Turning Yourself into a Character
DESCRIPTION:The memoir used to be a large and weighty book\, often written by a man of power\, once he had stepped out of the limelight (or been cast out of it). Presidents and prime ministers wrote memoirs; the common people did not. \n\n\n\nFlash-forward to the present. People have discovered that they had and still have lives worth writing about. The classic memoir was about the exercise of power in times of crisis. The current memoir is often about a period of time during which the writer learned something about themselves. Which should make all of us potential memoirists. \n\n\n\nThe form contains a number of moral traps and rough spots. How much fiction can you put in a memoir? What happens when you forget something\, or misremember? How much can you reveal about yourself and others before you cross a line you might regret? \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at several examples of memoir\, from Harry Crews to Kyo Maclear and others. With Crews\, his story begins before his birth; is that still memoir? Mark Abley’s travel story is clearly designed to tell as little as possible about its author. In sociologist mode\, Daniel Allen Cox brings in a slew of outside sources to bolster his self-inquiry. Where do we want to situate ourselves? \n\n\n\nThat\, of course\, will depend on our inquiries. A memoir can be about someone else – how you did or did not live with that person. Memoirs can spring from a mystery – but not always. All of them involve the writer wanting to achieve greater self-understanding\, which means we have to turn ourselves into a character to do it. \n\n\n\nThe workshop will be a mixture of reading one another’s projects and proposals\, and considering excerpts from other books. Participants are free to submit material a week or two before the first workshop. This material will be part of class discussions. Please submit to David.Homel@concordia.ca. For the first submission\, please do not go beyond 5 or 10 standard pages. See you there! \n\n\n\nDavid Homel wrote 13 works of fiction – historical novels\, murder mysteries and domestic fiction – before his first memoir in 2020\, and he has gone on to work in that form since. The experience as a memoirist continues to bear upon his novel-writing\, enriching and expanding it. The moral aspects of the art of memory and disclosure continue to attract him\, along with the paradox of turning himself into a character in order to get at the truths of his past lives. He has also worked as a journalist and a documentary filmmaker\, both assets for memoir writing\,
URL:https://qwf.org/event/memoir-turning-yourself-into-a-character/2024-11-19/
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SUMMARY:Hooked: Writing Compelling YA Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to unveil the gripping storyteller within you and keep readers turning those pages! Dive into an exciting eight-week workshop focused on techniques to captivate young adult readers. We’ll look at everything from crafting vibrant characters and heart-pounding conflicts to honing structure and pacing in YA fiction. \n\n\n\nFor our first session\, bring along a favorite YA novel to share with the group. By week two\, be sure to have the first chapter of your work-in-progress (up to 10 pages) for some feedback exchange. By the end of the workshop\, you’ll have a roadmap to your story\, completed scenes\, and an inciting hook for your novel-in-the-making. \n\n\n\nEach session will incorporate a mix of writing prompts\, critique sessions\, exploration of writing techniques\, sneak peeks into YA literature\, and lively group discussions. We’ll be reading various writing styles\, structuring vibrant dialogue\, and feeling all the YA vibes. We’ll even take a sneak peek into the Canadian publishing world. \n\n\n\nValuable feedback from both the workshop leader and your fellow writers on your opening chapter will keep you motivated and inspired. Together\, we’ll work at captivating readers. \n\n\n\nDon’t forget your writing tools for each session. All writers\, whether seasoned pros or fresh faces\, are welcome! Short story\, graphic novel and prose writers\, you’re invited too! \n\n\n\nThe following Suggested readings will sharpen your writing skills\, but are not necessary for the workshop: \n\n\n\nCorner-Bryant\, Helen\, and Kathryn Price. On Editing: How to Edit Your Novel the Professional Way. John Murray Learning\, 2018. \n\n\n\nProse\, Francine. Reading like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them. HarperCollins\, 2009. \n\n\n\nStrunk Jr\, William. The Elements of Style: Classic Edition. Spectrum Ink\, 2018. \n\n\n\nTruby\, John. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Faber and Faber\, 2008. \n\n\n\nLea Beddia is the author of Take Off! (Rebel Mountain Press) and Outta Here (Lorimer). She is also a storyteller\, appearing regularly on stage with Confabulation. Born and raised in Montreal\, she now teaches in Joliette\, Quebec\, where she lives with her husband and three children. With a passion for supporting literacy among young adults\, especially for striving readers\, Lea is releasing two fresh YA novels set to hit bookshelves in 2025 and 2026. Find out more at www.leabeddia.com\, or say hi to Lea Beddia on Facebook or Instagram @BeddiaLea.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/hooked-writing-compelling-ya-fiction/2024-11-20/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Vivid and Continuous Dream: A Short Story Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In March\, in 1918\, an Olympic swimmer accepts a job rehabilitating the Polio-ravaged legs of a rich young woman\, not knowing the mess of love and wreckage that await their future selves; in Western Australia\, a bullied adolescent watches his high school tormentor drown beneath the surface of an aquifer—he expects reprieve\, but all his life he will sense the boy\, resinous\, in the mist and the warm wet air; in Spokane\, a man embarks on a strange\, galvanizing quest to reclaim an heirloom headdress that once belonged to his grandmother\, and the journey leaves him wondering who he is\, or who he used to be\, or who he might yet become. \n\n\n\nThe best stories ask questions but don’t dare give all the answers; they take the reader on a journey and leave them with a brief sliver of enlightenment. Yes: love is worth the cost to body and soul\, in 1918 as much as now. No: there is no easy escape from regret\, and good people will suffer if they stoop to the level of their abusers. Perhaps what matters is not to complete the task or reclaim our past\, but to reassure ourselves that we tried. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is a guided discussion about the plot\, characters\, point of view\, structure\, and language (the mechanics or “craft”) of participants’ short stories\, as well as an investigation of each story’s aboutness\, patterns\, emotional plot\, and central question(s)—that is\, all those hard-to-define elements that make fiction what it is. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, the workshop aims to foster community among the attendees\, to bring together writers of similar skill and drive\, and to encourage the kind of creative energy that crackles between new practitioners. \n\n\n\nSome Learning Objectives \n\n\n\n\nCritical reading\, and the ability to identify the roots of a story’s problems\, particularly with regard to dramatic structure and conflict. Conversely: the ability to identify the roots of a story’s successes\, especially when it seems intangible or difficult to pin down.\n\n\n\nClose reading\, even of your own work\, for strongest-possible sentences. (They are\, after all\, the building blocks of fiction.)\n\n\n\nTo immerse yourself in\, and engage with\, literature among a cohort of people who are similarly immersed and engaged in literature; to enjoy it.\n\n\n\n\nIn our first meeting\, we will establish a schedule\, review workshop etiquette\, spend some time meeting each other\, and do a few writing exercises. From then on\, each session will consist of detailed discussion and feedback on participants’ stories. The goal\, always\, is to offer the writer of each story constructive suggestions to help them improve the story and their craft. We are\, I always say\, in this together. \n\n\n\nIn preparation: Please bring a short story of no more than 2500 words to the first session. \n\n\n\nD. W. Wilson is the author of Once You Break a Knuckle\, a collection of short stories\, and Ballistics\, a novel. His work has appeared in lit mags across the globe\, and in 2011 he won the BBC National Short Story Award for “The Dead Roads.” Since then he has been shortlisted for numerous fiction prizes\, and has won the CBC Short Story Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize. He taught creative writing at the University of Victoria and Brandon University and is currently a fiction mentor for the University of King’s College’s writing MFA.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-vivid-and-continuous-dream-a-short-story-workshop/2024-11-20/
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SUMMARY:Poetry and the Tiny Sea in the Ear
DESCRIPTION:The tiny sea in the earand the moth wing in the mind\, which wait.— Don McKay\, “Early Instruments” \n\n\n\nThis workshop invites participants to explore our “early instruments” of imagination and experience through the language of poetry. \n\n\n\n“The excitement of metaphor\,” writes Don McKay\, “stems from the injection of wilderness into language.” Add to this idea the excitement of any element of poetic making. \n\n\n\nDuring these eight weeks\, we will draft and develop poems that tap the surprise of tension and release\, tease out what’s wild in the everyday\, refresh expectation and sharpen expression. \n\n\n\nIn each session\, we will respond to each other’s poems and work with one or more prompts. In most sessions we will look briefly at a strong contemporary poem and consider what we might borrow from it as a springboard to our writing. \n\n\n\nAll levels of experience are welcome. \n\n\n\nSusan Gillis (she/her) has taught Creative Writing at Concordia University and John Abbott College\, and has led poetry workshops with QWF\, Los Parronales (Chile)\, Blue Met\, in schools and in the community. Her four books have been nominated for several awards; Volta (2002) was awarded the A.M. Klein Prize. She is a founding member of the collaborative poetry group Yoko’s Dogs (Whisk\, 2013; Rhinoceros\, 2016; Caution Tape\, 2021). Her most recent book is Yellow Crane (Brick 2018). She works as a freelance editor and mentor.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-and-the-tiny-sea-in-the-ear/2024-11-21/
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SUMMARY:Pursuing the Erotic
DESCRIPTION:This is an expanded version of the three-hour workshop “Identifying (with) the Erotic” offered in July 2022. It progresses from initial references to erotica by old hands (Anaïs Nin)\, incidental practitioners (James Baldwin) and newer writers (Ruel Johnson) to consider other select works in prose\, poetry\, and comics. You do not have to have attended the 2022 workshop to enroll in this one. \n\n\n\nThe workshop continues the exploration of what makes the erotic not only a sensual genre but a life-affirming one with participants contributing their own writing as well as sourcing that of other practitioners. While creating sexy characters and scenes with stimulating language is part of the process\, and knowing your audience is crucial (there is a difference between romance\, erotica and pornography)\, the emphasis remains on craft and telling a story that engages readers’ imagination\, exciting not only the body but all of the senses. And this without apology. \n\n\n\nRobert Edison Sandiford is the author of several books\, among them the award-winning The Tree of Youth & Other Stories\, And Sometimes They Fly (a novel) and Sand for Snow (memoir).  He has also written graphic novels for NBM Publishing.  In 2003\, he and the poet Linda M. Deane founded the Barbadian cultural resource ArtsEtc Inc.  He has worked as a publisher\, teacher and\, with Warm Water Productions\, producer.  His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in journals\, magazines and anthologies.  Currently working on another novel\,his most recent titleis Fairfield from DC Books.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pursuing-the-erotic/2024-11-21/
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