IN PERSON The Engine Behind Narrative Drive
Saturday | October 7, 2023 | 10am-3pm
Instructor: Susan Forest
MEMBER PRICE: $90.00 (with member coupon AWCSM25)
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $120.00
Stuck in your writing? Sometimes writers' muddy middles are the result of not knowing the antagonist well enough. Whether a loving parent, sneaky teen rival, tornado, uncaring society, or the protagonist’s own shameful past, your antagonist is an engine that drives the action of your story. But how well do you know them? Like the protagonist, the author must clearly understand the opponent’s desires, needs, fears, and plans. After all, the antagonist is the second-most important character in your book. Come with your story ideas, drafts or completed novels to discuss.
This class takes place in person at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary.
Susan Forest is the author of dual Aurora Award-winners Bursts of Fire (2019) and Flights of Marigold (2020) as well as over 25 internationally-published short stories (Analog, Asimov's, Beneath Ceaseless Skies). She edits an award-winning anthology series for Laksa Media Groups, was Editor Guest of Honour at Keycon in 2022, and co-edited Life Beyond Us (2023). Gathering of Ghosts, the third novel of her Addicted to Heaven series (2023) confronts issues of addictions in an epic fantasy world of intrigue and betrayal.
