ONLINE Sleuthing the Facts
4 weeks | Thursdays | Begins October 3, 2024 | 1pm-3pm MT
Instructor: Sandra Phinney
MEMBER PRICE: $150.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $200.00
In this 4-week course, participants will read stories that have added elements of research and learn how writers use research tools to enhance their writing by giving their stories more depth and scope. In turn, this raises both the entertainment value for readers, as well as the educational component.
We all love to learn as we read. It’s a hidden bonus. Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, adding information gleaned from various sources can put some fat on the bones of your story--the good kind of fat. Much like coming up with the perfect recipe, it’s a matter of adding details, anecdotal information, “found content,” factoids, historical content, etc. so the outcome is as tasty as it can be. Where can we go to find information? How can we incorporate the information? How much to include? Where to insert? Why bother? In this class, you’ll be able to write a story (or more than one); determine what parts of your story could benefit by doing some research; map out a game plan; and do it.
This is an interactive online class using the Zoom web platform.
Sandra Phinney’s stories have been published in over 70 publications including Nature Canada, Canadian Geographic, and the Toronto Star. She’s a regular contributor to JourneyWoman.com.
Although Sandra continues to pen a story or two for magazines and newspapers, she’s now focusing on writing books. Her fourth and latest book was a travel memoir for Pottersfield Press titled Waking Up In My Own Backyard—Explorations in Southwest Nova Scotia. Currently, she has a contract with Pottersfield Press to publish a book of personal essays, Coming Home. She also has three other non-fiction books in the works.
Sandra delivers writing workshops throughout Atlantic Canada and Ontario on topics ranging from starting a freelance business to narrative, memoir, and travel writing. In 2021, she was the Literary Artist-In-Residence for four weeks at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site. She just completed a contract (Spring 2024) with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia as a mentor in the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program.
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