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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-10-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-11-02/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-11-09/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-11-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops
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SUMMARY:Writing Outside the Box: An Edgy Fiction Workshop (Mondays)
DESCRIPTION:Eight Wednesdays\, Oct 7–Nov 25\, 5:45–7:45 p.m.\nOpen to all\nLimited to 12 participants\nOnline workshop* \nDue to the content in some of the exercises\, this workshop is restricted to participants aged 18+. \nLooking to shake up your process? Interested in breaking the rules a little? Designed to inspire unique approaches to creative writing\, this workshop will help squash your inner editor and provoke your inner rebel\, giving you the confidence you need to write more openly and honestly. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you’ll explore the work of unconventional writers like Italo Calvino\, Zsuzsi Gartner\, Kelly Link\, John Elizabeth Stintzi\, Tamas Dobozy\, and George Saunders. You’ll learn tips and techniques for producing work quickly and fearlessly while dabbling in ekphrasis\, magic realism\, and second-person perspective. You’ll also hone your ability to give and receive constructive feedback in a creative working environment. \nThis is a fun\, provocative\, and productive workshop that’s generated award-winning fiction and long-term friendships. It’s suitable for writers of any experience level\, working in any medium or genre—from the shy beginner to the established professional. And while filled with lesson-based exercises and guided assignments\, this workshop is happily (and willfully) anti-academic. Participants are not taught writing theory but are encouraged to develop their skills through the acts of reading and writing alone. \nThere is no submission required prior to the first session. Participants will be expected to share fiction with the group as the workshop progresses. \nThis is the perfect way to kickstart a project\, rejuvenate your existing process\, or to simply step outside of your comfort zone by experimenting with new approaches to creativity. \nCome play with the weird kids of the writing world. \n(One of us. One of us.) \n*This workshop will take place online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants a week or so prior to the first session.  \n  \nTracey Waddleton is a Newfoundland writer living in Montréal. A finalist for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and recipient of the 2015 Lawrence Jackson Writers’ Award\, Waddleton’s work has been described as weird minimalist dark realism. Her first book\, Send More Tourists… the Last Ones Were Delicious\, was published in July of 2019 and won the 2020 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Tracey was the inaugural recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Max Margles Writing Residency in 2020 and was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in May of 2023. She is finishing her first novel. \nwww.traceywaddleton.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-outside-the-box-an-edgy-fiction-workshop-mondays/2026-11-23/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops
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SUMMARY:The Playwright's Toolkit: Transferable Skills for Creative Writers
DESCRIPTION:Whether or not you’ve caught the theatre bug\, certain skills from the world of playwriting can serve you well in multiple forms of literary creation: well-developed characters; crisp yet believable dialogue; a sense of a story in forward motion….  With a blend of craft talks\, readings\, and viewings\, and hands-on exercises in every class\, veteran playwright and translator Leanna Brodie will unpack what writing for the stage can teach us about writing for the page. \n\nTime\, Space\, Bodies: What Makes a Play? – After a brief introduction\, we will dive right into exploring the basic elements of theatre. What separates playwriting from other kinds of creative writing\, and what do they have in common?\nBuilding Character – How do playwrights think about character? How is our thinking shaped by our relationship to actors and directors? When approaching character in your written form of choice\, how might you benefit from an actor’s skill set as well as a playwright’s?\nFiring Up Action – How do playwrights (and our screenwriting cousins) set up narratives that propel the audience forward? Where do our methods differ? And how can you adapt our best strategies to tell stories through the written word?\nCrafting Dialogue – How do dramatic character\, action\, and dialogue shape each other\, and how do poetry and humour influence them all? What’s the relationship between text and subtext? What does writing dialogue for actors have to teach us about writing dialogue for readers?\nWrapping Up – Final thoughts and questions. Writers will have an opportunity to share a 10-minute section of a piece they have been working on during this class\, whether a dramatic scene or a literary form that makes use of theatrical elements such as characters and dialogue. We will also discuss resources for further exploration.\n\nOnce you have registered for this workshop\, please send the following by email to john@qwf.org: \n\nA brief writing-focused bio or resumé.\nA brief description (around 100 words) of what you are working on these days… or would like to be working on.\n\nThe subject line should read “For Leanna Brodie.” \n*This workshop will take place at the QWF Office (Room 3\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec) with up to 2 virtual spots for participants who are unable to attend in-person because of distance or disability. By default\, all workshop registrations are for in-person spots. If you would like to request a virtual slot\, contact John at john@qwf.org stating the reason for which you would need the virtual spot\, then wait for a response before registering. Please do not register until you receive confirmation of a virtual spot for you.  \nLeanna Brodie is an award-winning\, nationally-produced playwright. Salesman in China\, co-written with Jovanni Sy\, premiered in 2024 at the Stratford Festival and the  National Arts Centre to great acclaim: the Globe and Mail called it “a brilliant new play\, fully ready to take the world’s stages by storm.” Her modern Canadian classic\, Schoolhouse\, just received a major revival at the 4th Line Theatre. Brodie is also a leading translator of Québec and Franco-Canadian plays. She has taught playwriting at UBC\, Concordia\, and in workshops across the country. Awards: Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Tom Hendry Award (twice); Dora Mavor Moore Award; QWF Prize for Playwriting. www.leannabrodie.com \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-playwrights-toolkit-transferable-skills-for-creative-writers/2026-12-07/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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