Venues in downtown Wingham, Ontario
– North Huron Museum & Huron County Library, Wingham Branch –
Costs: $30 adults / $20 teens (13-19 yrs).
Poetry Performance Workshop
with
Daniel Kolos
Saturday, September 29, 2012
10a.m. – noon
North Huron Museum, 273 Josephine Street, Wingham
Reading and writing poetry are private pleasures. Reading poetry in front of an audience is a performance. No matter how good a poet you are, if you come across weakly or with anxiety, enjoyment of your poems will be compromised.
With a few simple exercises you can transform your presentation into a delightful performance that will benefit both you and your audience.
WORKSHOP # 2
Writing for Screens of all Sizes
Saturday, September 29, 2012
10a.m. – noon
Huron County Library, 281 Edward Street, Wingham N0G 2W0
Writer/teacher Randall Lobb will share some structures and strategies for young writers who might be looking to get their words out into the world on screens of all sizes. The elements of writing short videos for Youtube, web series, documentaries and even feature films will be discussed, broken down and analyzed for patterns writers can put to good use in their own work.
WORKSHOP # 3
Chapter One, Page One: How to start your crime novel with impact.
with Vicki Delany
Saturday, September 29, 2012
2p.m. – 4p.m.
at North Huron Museum, 273 Josephine Street, Wingham
Publishers and agents are busy people. They will decide whether or not to read your novel submission in the first few pages, perhaps even the first page. If that gets their interest, they might read another twenty manuscript pages and then decide whether or not to continue. Modern readers aren't prepared to spend a lot of time slowly getting into a story. You need to get them hooked. And FAST.
This doesn't necessarily mean a gun fight on page one or a dead body in the first paragraph. But it does mean creating a dramatic opening, introducing interesting characters and avoiding common pitfalls that lead to a dull start. Vicki Delany, one of Canada's most prolific and varied crime writers, will discuss ways of starting your book off so readers just have to keep on reading!
E and Me: A Writer's/Reader's Guide to e-Books
2p.m. – 4p.m.