Build a Writers’ Platform and Find Your Audience Saturday, September 22 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Online Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35 Students:$10 Kimberley Grabas is a Canadian writer and the founder of YourWriterPlatform.com – a site where she provides writers with the resources, tools and inspiration they need to build their platforms, engage their fans and […]
How to Edit Your Work with Kimmy Beach Saturday, January 19 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Online Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35 Students:$10 Kimmy Beach’s sixth book, Nuala: A Fable (UAP, 2017) was shortlisted for the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction. She lives in Red Deer where she freelances as an editor and consultant for presses and writers across […]
Research and Narrative Nonfiction with Omar Mouallem Saturday, November 17 10:00 – 11:00 Online Members: $25, Nonmembers: $35 Students:$10 Omar Mouallem is a writer and journalist whose stories have appeared in NewYorker.com, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and WIRED. A 28-time Alberta Magazine Awards-nominee, he’s won multiple writing and journalism honours, including two gold National Magazine Awards. […]
Saturday, July 7, 2018 10:00 – 11:00 am (mountain time) Online $25 members, $35 non-members Indexing: The Art of Writing Reader-Friendly Indexes for Nonfiction Books Often considered to be a roadmap to the contents of a nonfiction book, a thoughtfully written index can help make the difference between a book being merely entertaining, and being […]
March 24, 10:00 – 11:00 AM (Mountain time) Online $25 members (WGA, CAA, & Stroll of Poets), $35 non-members Students $10 Smash All teh Rulez English has almost infinite expressive potential, but when it comes to the rules it’s a game everyone will lose sooner or later. Why is that? Because we made it that […]
“Demystifying the Literary Agent” with Carolyn Forde Saturday, January 20, 2018 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Online $25 WGA, CAA, TWUC and Stroll members $35 non-members Has the question ‘Do I need an agent?’ ever crossed your mind? What about the question ‘How does a writer find an agent?’ Carolyn Forde, at Westwood Creative Artists, will […]
“Rethink Situation to Develop Conflict in Your Story” with Gail Anderson-Dargatz Saturday, November 18, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am Online $25 for members, $35 for non-members Many book projects are not fully developed and as a result never find a publisher. Why? As writers, we love to avoid our protagonists’ conflicts, for the same […]
“What Lurks Beneath: Subtext and Theme” with Cara Hedley Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:00 am – 11:00 am Online $25 for members, $35 for non-members Describing his famous “Iceberg Theory,” Hemingway wrote, “If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if […]
Saturday, December 10, 10:00 – 11:00 AM mountain time How do great stories get into the hands of filmmakers? Can you market your novel to the film industry? How about that screenplay you’ve been working on? Michael Jorgensen of Myth Merchant Films will discuss the importance of story, current themes in media, and the […]
Saturday, January 21, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Why should anyone care about your story? What makes your writing worthy of a reader’s valuable time? Contemporary life is busy. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have encroached on the time people used to devote to reading. With the ever-increasing demands on readers’ time and energy, writers must remember: readers don’t owe […]
