Creating a Social Media Foundation for a Career as a Writer: an online workshop on building and navigating platforms
Host: Patrick Lucas
October 12, 2024 from 12pm – 1:30pm PDT
Fee: $100
Although writing can be a solitary activity, putting your stories out into the world is a courageous act of engagement and community building. Building your platform as a writer and a storyteller is about creating the foundation upon which you can launch your stories, your books, your creative energy out to the world. Your platform encapsulates how you build momentum and position yourself within the publishing, writing and reading community. This workshop will explore the various strategies, outlets, and pathways a creative writer can take to effectively build and maintain a platform that will provide a foundation for success.
See full details →Finding Your Footing: First Steps into Memoir
Workshop Leader: Mark L. Winston
November 23, 2024, 9:30am – 4:00pm PST, online (Zoom)
Fee: $150
This one-day online Vancouver Manuscript Intensive workshop, limited to eight participants, is designed for those in the early stages of memoir writing who want a strong start developing their idea with an emphasis on content, style and voice.
Perhaps you have an idea that has been clamouring to be told but you are unsure where to begin? Perhaps you have begun writing and are partway through a memoir but have questions about what to include and what to leave out? This interactive and participatory workshop uses writing exercises and group feedback to provide a supportive space for discussion, drafting, and revising to get you on your way.
See full details →Prepping Your Pitch: Practical Info for Sending Your Manuscript to Agents and Publishers
February 9 – April 6, 2025
Fee: $1500
Over the course of eight weeks, participants will experience three levels of workshop dynamic: group feedback, paired peer workshopping, and personal mentorship from a published author, and then have the opportunity to present your idea to a panel of industry professionals. By the end of this uniquely flexible two-month program—only the opening and closing workshops have set dates and times—participants will have practical knowledge about the submission process and a well-edited pitch.
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