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The Double Helix of Description and Delivering Information

In Person Only, Not Recorded Delivering information, particularly through description, is one of the hardest tools for a writer to refine. Too much information and a reader drowns or feels overburdened; too little and they are lost and unable to connect with the story. How do you convey what the rea
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How to be a Great Podcast Guest

In Person, Live-streamed, and Recorded Join expert Pedro Mendes for tips and practice to help you talk about your work as a radio/podcast guest.
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Marketing for Beginners

In Person, Live-streamed, and Recorded “Where do I start?” is a question many authors ask when it comes time to market both their beloved masterpiece, and themselves. This interactive presentation represents a beginners guide for authors, designed to get them on the right track when it comes to
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Where Are We? How Place Informs a Story

In Person Only, Not Recorded All stories take place somewhere. And through that place, the mood, pace, conflict or emotion of a scene or story can be enhanced. What expectations or assumptions are made based on where a story is set? How can we use these assumptions and expectations to our advantage
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Breaking Apart the Paragraph, Horror Edition

In Person Only, Not Recorded Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Carmen Maria Machado. In this session we will look at specific paragraphs within specific stories from the three masters of horror. Shirely Jackson’s We Have Always LIved in the Castle, Stephen King’s The Langoliers, and Car
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Oftener Take Away

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You Had Me at Hello: How We Meet-Cute

In Person, Live-streamed, and Recorded In romance novels, the moment your love interests meet for the first time is called a “meet-cute.” Depending on who your characters are, this interaction can be sweet, tense, awkward, humorous, or swoon-worthy. In this workshop, we’ll break down what make
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Spreading the Word: Podcast Power

In Person Only, Not Recorded Podcasts are more popular than ever, and there are abundant opportunities to get the word out about your own books and to be an active participant in the culture of reading, writing and publishing if you are a good podcast guest. In this session we’ll break down ho
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Putting the Sci in Sci-Fi

In Person Only, Not Recorded This talk will help writers move from scientific research to a science fiction narrative — covering sci-fi idea generation, accessing and organizing primary research sources, how to ‘vet’ scientific research, extrapolating ideas into fiction, creating p
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Focus

In Person, Live-Streamed, and Recorded Everything your story needs has to be on the page, but sometimes you don’t want to readers to notice it’s there. How do you direct their focus where you want it to be? Join author Diana Gabaldon to learn how to make readers see what you want them to
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Sidekicks, Pets, and Buddies: Writing Your Supporting Cast

In Person, Live-Streamed, and Recorded There’s plenty of characters surrounding your point of view one. How do you write these secondary characters so they emerge as engaging and three-dimensional? What do you do when one insists on dominating the story? How do you make these characters distinctiv
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How to Hook an Agent

In Person Only, Not Recorded An agent must sift through hundreds, even thousands of queries. Learn what makes an effective query letter and how to write a compelling opening for your sample pages. We will discuss how to write a grabby opening while avoiding the dreaded white room and its evil twin,
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Beyond the Romance

In Person Only, Not Recorded We all love a little bit of kissing — whether it’s behind closed doors or not —but how do you create full lives for your characters beyond the romance? Here we will learn how to craft your characters in a way that will have them leaping off of the page […]
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Research: Finding Women’s Voices

In Person Only, Not Recorded History has long been the domain of men and their stories, passing the experiences and successes of women to the back shelf. This workshop will examine the direct and roundabout ways to unearth those stories, artifacts and rare mentions and spin them into full fledged st
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The Scoop Behind the Slush Pile

In Person Only, Not Recorded You’ve managed to distill your novel into a concise, compelling pitch, you’ve written a synopsis, researched agents, you’ve sent out your queries, and now…you’re just waiting. And waiting. And waiting! What exactly is going on in an agent’s brain as they read
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Emotional Intelligence and Character Creation

In Person, Live-streamed, and Recorded Psychologists use the theory of emotional intelligence to assist with personal growth, relationships, parenting, and business. Writers can also use this theory to create well-developed characters, expand conflict in their manuscript, and brainstorm plotting ide
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Domestic Violence in Romance: Write the Story Survivors Deserve

Virtual Only, Recorded CW for domestic violence Description: After this workshop attendants will have ave an understanding of what is intimate partner violence, and learn what are some inaccurate (and potentially harmful) myths about IPV for all couples. They will learn how to responsibly write surv
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Displacement and Repetition

In Person Only, Not Recorded There are sensations we carry — displacement, for example, in the case of the presenter — that might feel impossible to write about yet which we feel we must write into and from, hoping to find modes for their expression. While this poetic workshop will include a sho
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Food Writing

In Person Only, Not Recorded Food touches on every important part of our lives, from health and our environment, to our economy and culture. Join Globe and Mail journalist and Chop Suey Nation author Ann Hui to learn about food writing that connects with the world around us.
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The Science of Writing

In Person, Live-streamed, and Recorded Learn how science in everyday life can help improve and inspire your writing from the creation stage to the final revision stage. Author and scientist, Emily Seo discusses how she integrated real science into her fictional novel, The Science of Boys. She also g
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