IN PERSON Creative Writing Basics Level One
8 Weeks | Wednesdays | Begins April 30, 2025 | 7PM-9PM MT
Instructor: Lori Hahnel
MEMBER PRICE: $300.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $400.00
Creative Writing Basics Level One will introduce students to the basics of character, plot, dialogue and setting through discussion, free fall writing, practical writing exercises and mutual feedback. Students will learn about conflict, exposition, dramatic arc, world building and how to use literary devices in creative writing. This is a class for beginners who are setting out on their creative writing journey as well as writers wishing to refresh their skills.
This class takes place in person at the Alexandra Writers’ Centre in Calgary.
Lori Hahnel is the author of three novels and two short story collections. Flicker, published in the University of Calgary Press’ Brave & Brilliant Series in 2023, was a finalist at the Alberta Publishing Awards. Vermin: Stories shortlisted for several awards and won the 2022 Short Story Collection Award at the Alberta Literary Awards. Her work has been broadcast on CBC Radio and CKUA Radio, and published in The Fiddlehead, Joyland, The Saturday Evening Post, The Hingston & Olsen Short Story Advent Calendar and many other journals and anthologies. She is at work on a novel about pianist and composer Clara Schumann.
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