SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
Co-sponsored by Surrey Public Library
a.m. workshops: 10:15 – 1:15 / p.m. workshops 1:30 – 4:30 Each half-day workshop costs $45.00
Sat. Mar 27 - Guildford Library, 15105 – 105 Avenue
a.m. Writing a Memoir: How to Get Going – Jan Drabek
With a published memoirist, explore issues such as how to approach your story, where to get background material and how to determine how long your memoir should be. You’ll also review various published memoirs.
p.m. Blogging for Writers
CANCELLED.
Contact instructor Loranne Murphy is you'd like to be informed next time she offers a similiar session in Vancouver.
FREE workshop: Databases for Writers (Semiahmoo Library electronic classroom)
Sat. April 17, 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Discover how online databases can provide valuable information to support your research and marketing efforts.Limited space.
Email lp@surreywritersschool.com to be added to the waiting list. |
Sat. May 15 – Semiahmoo Library, 1815 - 152nd Street
a.m. Hero’s Journey – Ed Griffin
Learn to use this powerful plotting tool to develop stories that resonate with your readers.
p.m. Story – Art & Craft – Lois Peterson
Gain insights into how story meets the human need for shared experience, and explore and practice craft elements that bring your ideas for fiction and nonfiction to life on the page.
Tuesdays, Sept. 28 - Nov. 6 - Fleetwood Library, 15996 - 84 Ave.
Course: Introduction to Creative Writing Instructor Ed Griffin
Start with this course if you’ve never written a word, or use it to help refine skills you haven't used in a while. Learn the basic craft elements to apply to fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, and start to explore marketing strategies.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Registration begins spring 2010 for this course
Sat. Sept. 25 – Guildford Library, 15105 – 105 Avenue
a.m. Building Your Professional Platform - Sylvia Taylor
Getting published isn’t just about writing – it’s about building a solid foundation of credibility and expertise. This workshop will help build your presence from the ground up, with good planning, good tools, good materials and creative flair.
p.m. Travel Writing - Ruth Kozak
Learn how to turn your travel adventures into marketable articles, creative non-fiction stories, interesting blogs or travel memoirs. The workshop includes some 10 minute timed writings as well as writing instruction.
Sat. Nov. 6 – Fleetwood Library, 15996 - 84 Avenue
a.m. Tax Tips for Writers - Eileen Reppenhagen CGA
Canada Revenue Agency’s IT 504 sets out special tax rules for visual artists and writers. Eileen will help you understand the murky world of reasonable expectation of profit, inventory, home office work space, meals and entertainment, gifts and donations in kind, what to deduct for self-employed writers and when a business is considered a separate business. www.taxdetective.ca.
p.m. Self-Editing Workshop – Joyce Gram
Learn how to look at your writing with fresh eyes. Whatever you write—fiction, non-fiction, business, or technical—this workshop will show you what an expert editor would do to perfect your manuscript.
Sat. Dec. 11 – Semiahmoo Library, 1815 - 152nd Street
a.m. Alien Tracks to Magician Spells: Learn How to Write and Successfully Publish SF and Fantasy – Nina Munteanu
Learn some essential tools of this genre such as world-building, research, plot approaches and how to generate and follow through with premise, idea and theme toward a publishable original work. Workshop will include use of examples, lists, discussion and writing. Bring a sample of your work and be prepared to discuss it.
p.m. Building Characters Who Tell Their Own Stories – Lois Peterson
Using Q&A, free writing and list making, develop characters that come to life and dictate their own part in the story you want to tell. Come with stories in mind, or be prepared to see them arise during workshop activities.