IN PERSON Return to the Scene
8 Weeks | Wednesdays | Begins October 2, 2024 | 10am-12pm
Instructor: Laura Swart
MEMBER PRICE: $300.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $400.00
In this course, we’ll examine scenes that develop conflict, character, setting, and theme, then apply lessons learned to our own writing: We’ll sharpen the beginnings and endings of our scenes, weave in emotion, add a gunfight or two, and titillate readers with tidbits on philosophy, science, mathematics, tap dancing, Lady Gaga, dog training—whatever interests us. Ultimately, we’ll create well-groomed, powerful scenes that appeal to readers’ emotions, intellect, and artistic conscience.
Don’t despair if you’ve written absolutely nothing in the past five years; we’ll do some freewriting at the beginning of each class to give you something to work with. By contrast, if you’ve recently completed a 190,000-word novel—congratulations—we’ll perhaps begin by tossing out a few spare parts. All are welcome; all will benefit.
This class takes place in person at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary.
Laura Swart is a novelist, poet, and playwright. She has taught creative and critical writing to adults for over thirty years, encouraging students to find and raise their writing voices. Her humanitarian work around the world—most recently in Ethiopia and Ukraine—have shaped her thinking, her teaching, and her writing.
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