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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:23:04 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: WFNS Writing Workshops FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2002 A Class-y Fall at the Writers' Federation Know you have a good book in you but having trouble getting it onto paper? The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia has designed a series of fall courses designed to prime all the creative wellsprings. Whether you aspire to a free-lance career, are hungry for the bright lights of film, are a closet poet or want to capture a children's story, WFNS has the solution for you. Writing Novels for Children with Joan Clark When: Saturday, September 28, 11 am to 2 pm at WFNS Cost: $40 WFNS members/$50 non-members (light lunch included) Joan Clark wants participants to provide a one-page commentary on the novel you're working on, or that you hope to write. Together, you'll look at ways of writing that novel, focusing on what you want to do with your novel and explore suggestions for getting there. Joan Clark has written eight books for children, most recently The Word for Home (Penguin, 2002). The Dream Carvers won the 1995 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, the 1995 Mr. Christie's Book Award, the 1996 Hibernia Book Award and was shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award. In 1999, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. Enrollment limited to 12 writers Writing for Camera with Bruce McKenna When: Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 from October 3 to 24, Friday November 1 and Saturday/Sunday November 2 & 3 Cost: $135 WFNS members/$160 non-members. Limited enrollment. Unlike most other forms of creative writing, the screenplay is the beginning of a process rather than an end. The more a screenwriter understands the other creative elements involved in filmmaking, the more chance their script has of ressembling the finished work. While focusing on the writing, this workshop will give participants experience in acting, directing and producing. The course will be spread over six weeks which will include five evening sessions of script development and than be followed by a two day weekend where each script is shot with the participants serving as actors, directors and producers. Bruce McKenna will lead the workshop at 1113 Marginal Road. Bruce is a screenwriter who after a nine-month sojourn in California has returned to his Nova Scotia roots. A long-time member of the Writers' Guild of Canada, Bruce wrote the feature Salt Water Moose for Norstar and scripts for Black Harbour in addition to being featured as a regular reviewer of books on the trade for Canadian Screenwriter. The Nuts & Bolts of Freelance Writing with donalee Moulton When: Monday evenings, 7 to 9 from September 16 to October 21 (no class on Thanksgiving) Cost: $125 WFNS members/$150 non-members. Is it possible to make a living as a freelance writer? No matter where you live, you can gain a toehold in the competitive, challenging and profitable freelance market...you just need to know how. Starting from an examination of what constitutes a good idea, donalee Moulton will provide a hands-on approach to the query letter, tagging an idea to the market, pitching, writing leads, bodies and conclusions, as well as the myriad business concerns of the freelance writer. This is a hands-on workshop where you'll be thinking, writing and revising. donalee Moulton has been writing professionally for more than twenty years. She is Atlantic correspondent for a half dozen trade journals; is an editor, conference reporter and expert medical writer in addition to writing speeches, news releases and corporate communications. Enrollment is limited to 16 writers. A Poet's First Steps with Sue Goyette When: Tuesday evenings, 7 to 9 from September 17 to October 1/ October 22 to November 12 with a finale on Saturday November 16, 10 am to 2:30 pm Cost: $135 WFNS members/$160 non-members. Easy payment terms arranged. Enrollment is limited to 12 poets. Submit 3 pages of writing with registration Through simple exercises designed to get your creativity moving, and group discussion designed to help you with editing and revision, you can learn how to be a better, more dynamic writer. Poetry isn't all high seriousness, it's also enormous fun. The exchange of ideas and works-in-progress will result in new perspectives that will allow the poets to clarify, intensify and tighten their poems. Sue Goyette's first collection of poems, The True Name of Birds (Brick) was nominated for the Governor General's Award. HarperCollins Canada recently released her first novel, Lures. Sue taught at the Maritime Writers' Workshop this summer, and is Writer-in-Electronic Residence at Banff this season. Easy payment terms may be arranged for all workshops. -30- For further information contact: Monika Sormova/Jane Buss [log in to unmask]