Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, St. Albans Cathedral (Water St. Entrance)
Fee: $40/workshop
Kenora (LOWAC) Writers’ Group, LOWAC and NOWW will host two writing workshops by Lauren Carter, award winning author of This Has Nothing To Do With You, Places Like These, and other books and founder of Wild Ground Writing.
Limit 12 per workshop so register early!
10 a.m. – noon— Creating Deep Characters
Characters make or break a story. The truer to life they are and the deeper their motivation, the more your reader will believe in them. The best characters have recognizable wounds and clear desires to propel them through their story. In this workshop we’ll do lots of prompt-driven writing to explore your made-up people (or the version of you that’s in your memoir) including formative moments from the past, their place in the wider world, and their relationships. Come with a character you want to develop more deeply or be prepared to meet someone new!
1 p.m – 3 p.m. — Creative Revision
A first draft is more like the ingredients for a gourmet meal than the meal itself. It needs the fire, spice, and salt of revision to come to delicious life. By beginning your revision process as an artist rather than a hard-hearted “editor,” we can more deeplyunderstand our work and build up its complex flavours. In this workshop we’ll discuss the difference between macro and micro edits, experimentation and play in revision, calling your project done, and more. Bring a few pages of work you would like to revise along with your tools to write new material.
PLEASE NOTE – You will not receive a confirmation email from LOWAC or Kenora Writer’s Group. Your PayPal confirmation ensures you are registered. We are notified in the backend – just haven’t figured out how to have PayPal send a thank-you!
Let us know if you require other payment options at lowacdirectors@gmail.com.
A light lunch is being planned but stay tuned for details!