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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Notes from "Step Over To The Dark Side: The Basics of Mystery Fiction"
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Friday, September 26, 2008. Notes from "Step Over To The Dark Side: The Basics of Mystery Fiction". Compiled by Mary Jane Maffini and Barbara Fradkin with a little help from their friends. A Writer’s Time. Norton, rev. ed. 1995). Thought-provoking and demanding but well worth the read if you are serious about managing yourself and the writing process. How to Write a Mystery. Readable and practical by the author of Wag the Dog. Writing the Novel From Plot to Print. Writer’s Digest, 1979). Lovely. Like...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Notes from "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" with Paulette Bourgeois
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Notes from "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" with Paulette Bourgeois. Using screenwriting techniques to create children’s books. 8220;But suppose, asks the student of the teacher, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that “something else” that brings the book alive? What is the formula for that? The formula for that is not included in the curriculum.” - Fannie Hurst. Tell the story in one line. Author Blake Snyder writes that Titanic is not a story about a...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Notes from "When Memoir Inspires Fiction" Part 3
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Thursday, December 11, 2008. Notes from "When Memoir Inspires Fiction" Part 3. Promoting a book of memoir-based fiction:. 1 If your book is historical, a good idea is to tie promotion in with big events, like the anniversary of Vimy Ridge, for example. You’ll have to work with your publisher on that, but it could help get you more media coverage outside of the Books section. The Writers' Trust of Canada. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;In the Beginning: Popping the Story,. Cape Breton, NS. Toron...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Notes from "Cutting, Tweaking & Rehearsing" with Guillermo Verdecchia
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Saturday, April 12, 2008. Notes from "Cutting, Tweaking and Rehearsing" with Guillermo Verdecchia. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER WHEN RE-WRITING YOUR PLAY. Does every line do some work for you? Can it do more work? Does every line move forward? Are you telling too much? Are you telling us enough? Does the character need to say this or does your audience need to know it? Are you walking us through the thoughts or allowing us to join the dots, make leaps of intellection? Are you showing SIGNIFICANT ACTION? Toronto...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Commentary from Ken McGoogan
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Monday, April 20, 2009. Commentary from Ken McGoogan. In praise of literary nonfiction. Published in Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2008). Who knew that Edmonton would become a North Star? Am I the only one grown tired of listening to fictioneers read to me from books I can read myself? A cabaret of six-minute readings can entertain if the drinks are flowing. But to the conventional, twenty-minute fiction writer's drone, I vastly prefer an on-stage conversation or interview, or better still a no-holds-barr...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Notes from "The Art and Craft of Historical Fiction" with Fred Stenson
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Thursday, April 09, 2009. Notes from "The Art and Craft of Historical Fiction" with Fred Stenson. ACCURACY, AUTHENTICITY, AND USING REAL PEOPLE IN FICTION. Is it necessary to be authentic? Two good things to remember about historical fiction are that:. 1 Historical fiction can only be written by people who weren’t there. 2 Historical fiction can only be read by people who weren’t there either. The reason that I like to stick with the facts, to the extent that they are known and I believe them, is again n...
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Tea, Toast, and a Poet: May 2009
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Tea, Toast, and a Poet. I read poetry. I sip tea. I nibble on toast. Indeed, I gobble up all three. Thursday, May 28, 2009. I want to live in a StarTrek. Books are wonderful things. The covers, the paper, the binding, typography, formatting, size, style, the smell, the very weight of one in your hand, it all combines to create a thing of art. But can I ever become one of those people who can forgo all that and enjoy simply the words? But beyond simply liking the technology, are there any good books being...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Upcoming Workshop
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008. 8220;When Memoir Inspires Fiction”. Monday, December 8, 2008 6pm - 8pm. Vancouver Public Library - Central Library. Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level. REGISTRATION IS FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED. To register, or for more information, please email. Or call 416.504.8222 x 242. The Writers' Trust of Canada. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;In the Beginning: Popping the Story,. Seducing the Reader”. London Public Library – Central Branch. The Art and Craft of Writing. Toronto P...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Winner Annouced for Emerging Writer Award
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Thursday, April 02, 2009. Winner Annouced for Emerging Writer Award. WRITERS’ TRUST HERALDS NEW VOICE:. Winner of RBC Bronwen Wallace Award For Emerging Writers Announced. TORONTO – April 2, 2009 – A literary award with a track record for identifying some of this country’s finest developing writers has been presented to Emily McGiffin, a twenty-eight-year-old from Smithers, British Columbia. 8220;This award attracts the attention of publishers and literary agents, and can often lead to a writer’s f...
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The Writers' Trust Workshop Blog: Upcoming Workshop in London, Ontario
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Upcoming Workshop in London, Ontario. 8220;In the Beginning: Popping the Story, Seducing the Reader”. London Public Library – Central Branch. Tuesday, May 26, 2009. 6pm – 8pm. REGISTRATION IS FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED. To register, or for more information, please email. Or call 416.504.8222 x 242. The Writers' Trust of Canada. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;In the Beginning: Popping the Story,. Seducing the Reader”. London Public Library – Central Branch. Cape Breton, NS.
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