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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T180000
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Love and Intimacy in Fiction: Setting the Scene
DESCRIPTION:“One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere\, but to the next stroke of lightning.”\n– Alice Munro  \nAll levels are welcome. Limited to 12 participants. \n  \nAre your characters stuck at first base? Maybe you’ve been trying for months to create tasteful romantic tension\, but your revisions seem to be getting tawdrier instead. Love and sex in fiction are challenging to write: We’re striving to find the perfect chemistry between voice\, language\, pacing\, plot\, and setting\, and the measurement of each is never the same from one situation to the next. Just as it takes time in real life for intimacy to grow between people\, it takes more than a few lines in a short story or pages in a novel to develop genuine narrative intimacy. \nThis workshop will provide participants with creative and technical tools to write anything from smoldering eye contact between strangers on a subway to harrowing mid-novel breakup sex between critical characters. We’ll look at a variety of print and digital media\, and everyone will be encouraged to act as a reader as well as a writer—that is\, to share ideas and offer constructive feedback. Participants will leave the workshop with an expanded\, specialized lexicon and the confidence to know when to be nuanced in their writing and when to be explicit. \nThis workshop is not a genre “how-to” for romance or erotica\, but a fun\, holistic survey of tools and techniques writers can use to craft believable and compelling intimacy in any fictional context. \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-love-and-intimacy-in-fiction-setting-the-scene/2020-04-27/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T200000
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - From Idea to Script to Screen
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Sabrina Reeves\n12 participants. \n  \nThis workshop will help you adapt your ideas into scripts for TV\, Film\, Video\, Web series\, etc.\, and also show you how to craft pitches and other creative documents designed to attract producers and broadcasters to your material. In addition\, you will receive advice as to which avenues to venture down in terms of seeking potential funding and/or professional representation and/or producing partners for your projects. \n  \nTopics covered will include: \n  \nSetting realistic writing goals; how to break down and analyze a script; the importance of feedback; analysis of produced work; story\, structure\, conflict\, character\, dialogue; the importance of rewriting and how to go about it; pitching; riders\, indemnity waivers\, non-disclosure agreements; contracts\, agents\, lawyers; development funding; and budgeting (time & money). \n  \nRecommended reading: film scripts of all genres and lengths
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-from-idea-to-script-to-screen/2020-04-27/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200428T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200428T170000
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CREATED:20200419T160831Z
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Short Fiction [Live & Online]
DESCRIPTION:This interactive\, four-session workshop will explore the fundamentals of writing short fiction. Two hours a week\, we will explore a different element of style including: setting\, character development\, dialogue and description.\nEach class will begin with a conversation about style\, followed by a writing exercise addressing that day’s theme. Students will have an opportunity to share these exercises with the class. The prompts will be a fun way to exercise techniques discussed at the beginning of class and will hopefully spark ideas for future projects. \nStudents will be asked to submit a short piece of writing to the instructor prior to each class. \nIn the second half of each lesson\, everyone will read aloud from their submitted work and receive in-depth feedback from the instructor and their peers. \nWho Should Take This Workshop? \nThis workshop is open to all experience levels; it’s for anyone who’s interested in getting constructive feedback on works in progress\, finding inspiration for new projects through short writing exercises\, meeting fellow writers and hopefully making some friends. \nEva Crocker is a freelance writer based in Montreal\, her short story collection Barrelling Forward was a finalist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Authors. The collection won the Canadian Authors’ Association Emerging Writer’s Award and the Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction. Her non-fiction work has appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine\, Border Crossings Magazine\, Hamilton Review of Books\, Visual Art News and Atlantic Books Today. Her debut novel All I Ask will be published by House of Anansi Press in June 2020. \nPlease Note \nLive and participatory\, these video conference workshops are limited to 4-8 participants\, to ensure everyone gets the most out of each session. Participants are expected to attend all four weekly sessions. \nFlexible Scheduling and Registration\nThree possible schedules\, to be confirmed: \nSchedule A: Mondays\, April 20\, 27\, May\, 4\, 11\, from 7 – 9 pm\nSchedule B: Fridays\, April 24\, May 1\, 8\, 15\, from 11 am – 1 pm\nSchedule C: Tuesdays\, April 28\, May 5\, 12\, 19\, from 3 pm – 5 pm \nUse the ticket link to pick your preferred schedule(s). Based on sign-ups we receive we’ll coordinate the workshop schedule and send you an invite (within 7 days). If you agree to join\, then it’s booked and we’ll send an invoice for $100. \nSoftware \nSince this workshop takes place online\, participants will need to download Zoom for video conferencing and have access to a computer or phone. 1-on-1 support is available if you require assistance. \nClick here to download Zoom: https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting
URL:https://qwf.org/event/fundamentals-of-short-fiction-live-online/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200428T200000
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CREATED:20191210T202359Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Inventing the Truth: The Art of Personal Writing
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-inventing-the-truth-the-art-of-personal-writing/2020-04-28/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T071813
CREATED:20191210T182338Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Writing Long: The Novel
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this workshop is TBA!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-writing-long-the-novel/2020-04-29/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project Online presents...Oana Avasilichioaei & Margaret Christakos
DESCRIPTION:Atwater Poetry Project Online is proud to present Oana Avasilichioaei (Montreal) and Margaret Christakos (Toronto) in a joint performance and discussion. \nJoin the event on the APP Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/AtwaPoetryProject – and login details will be posted closer to the time. \nInterweaving solo voices and stereo texts that inhabit virtual spaces and a poetics of technology/form/relations\, this performative reading voices a dialogue between two books\, Charger (Talonbooks 2020) and Eight Track (Talonbooks 2019) and two poets\, Margaret Christakos (Toronto) and Oana Avasilichioaei (Montreal).
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-online-presents-oana-avasilichioaei-margaret-christakos/
LOCATION:QC
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T210000
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CREATED:20200213T175640Z
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SUMMARY:Marianne Ackerman launches Triplex Nervosa Trilogy
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Marianne Ackerman for the launch of her latest: Triplex Nervosa Trilogy! Featuring short excerpts from the plays to be read by Montreal actors\, the evening will be accompanied with music from the soundtrack by Patrick Watson.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/marianne-ackerman-launches-triplex-nervosa-trilogy/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T220000
DTSTAMP:20260503T071813
CREATED:20191209T183654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T183836Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - The Writer’s Tune-Up: Create with Courage
DESCRIPTION:For all those looking for a practical\, hands-on workshop of generative prompts to get your wheels turning\, your creative engine humming\, and new projects out of the blocks.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-the-writers-tune-up-create-with-courage/2020-04-29/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T071813
CREATED:20191210T163738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T203143Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Poetry Workshop: Tentacular Thinking & Writing
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URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-poetry-workshop-tentacular-thinking-writing/2020-04-30/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T220000
DTSTAMP:20260503T071813
CREATED:20191209T193533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T195712Z
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SUMMARY:QWF Workshop - Narrative Non-fiction: Creating Scenes
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to writers who have already taken a writing workshop or published at least one short piece of prose fiction or non-fiction. Limited to 12 participants.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/qwf-workshop-narrative-non-fiction-creating-scenes/2020-04-30/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200502T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T071813
CREATED:20200511T194855Z
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SUMMARY:Canada Performs: Greg Santos
DESCRIPTION:Montreal author\, Greg Santos\, will be reading excerpts from his forthcoming DC Books poetry collection\, GHOST FACE\, as part of the National Arts Centre’s Canada Performs online series. Catch his live-streaming performance from his Facebook Author page www.facebook.com/gspoet on May 2nd from 3:00-3:45 pm EST. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/canada-performs-greg-santos/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
CATEGORIES:Performance
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