Master Class Workshops

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1 Master Class Workshops When Words Collide is pleased to announce five Master Class Workshops with current and past festival guests. These presentations and hands-on workshops are designed to help participants improve their writing skills, get published, and promote their published works. Thursday 9 AM 4:30 PM Thursday 9 AM 4:30 PM Friday 9 AM 12 PM Monday 9 AM 5 PM Tuesday 9 AM 5 PM Write a Novel - First Inspiration to Final Edit - Then Submission! What Publishers Want - And Authors Need Active and Edgy, Writing Real Life Manuscript Workshop Manuscript Workshop C.C. Humphreys Award Winning, Best Selling author Sam Hiyate Agent & President of The Rights Factory Diana Cranstoun, Mahrie G. Reid, Sarah Kades Graham & Det. Dave Sweet David B. Coe Award-winning Author & Host of magicalwords.net David B. Coe Award-winning Author & Host of magicalwords.net Master Class registration is open to the general public. Attendance at the When Words Collide festival is not required. All workshops will be held at: The Delta Calgary South Hotel Southland Drive SE, Calgary, Alberta To register, visit:

2 Write a Novel - First Inspiration to Final Edit Then Submission! with C.C. Humphreys Have you got a book in you? Have you always wanted to get it out into the world but lacked the confidence? Then join award-winning, bestselling author and Salt Spring resident Chris (C.C.) Humphreys, for a one-day writing workshop that will help you banish the critic, release your creativity, and introduce you to the secrets of novel construction, character development and sheer storytelling fun. With plenty of exercises to get the fingers and brain moving, and a step by step analysis of what makes a successful, exciting piece of fiction, participants will leave the workshop with the beginnings of a novel and a road map to help you finish it. Or if you have a piece that has sat in a drawer for years, Chris will show you how to regain your faith in it, and take it to the next level maybe even all the way to publication. Subjects will include: the separate stages of writing - from first idea to final edit; how to create great characters; plotting; editing; dialogue; the synopsis, the pitch and how to land a publisher. Come for a day of fun and hard work: it s time the world heard your story! Workshop is in the TBA room on Thursday, August 10 from 9 AM 4:30 PM, with a break for lunch between 12 1 PM. While lunch is not provided, many attendees will be discussing the workshop over lunch at the Boomtown Pub (connected to the hotel). A workshop fee of CDN $40 is requested to reserve your seat. Bring a notepad or lap top to take notes. Chris (C.C.) Humphreys is a playwright, actor, fight choreographer and novelist, with ten adult novels and five young adult novels. His recent novel Plague won Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in The sequel, Fire is a thriller set during the Great Fire, published Summer He is translated into thirteen languages. Last year he earned his Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of British Columbia.

3 What Publishers Want - And Authors Need with Sam Hiyate Today s literary marketplace remains a mystery to up-and-coming writers. Often they ask themselves, what do I do next? How do I write a query letter that will stand out? What are editors really looking for? Most importantly, how do I know that my work is ready to be submitted? Agent Sam Hiyate will examine the publishing world in Canada, the U.S. and international markets in this one-day workshop. What are the market s needs, wants, trends and must haves? How can you as a writer target your submission to get the attention of an editor or agent? What are the best ways to improve your chances of getting published? Sam will examine the reasons submissions get published, and top reasons most never make it out of the slush pile. Learn about the publishing world and its trends in this invaluable workshop aimed at helping you understand what the market wants. Praise for What Publishers Want: "I can t remember a more enjoyable and informative presentation. Sam's stories from the world of publishing vividly illustrated his points. His ability to focus on each person s work and rearrange elements showed directorial genius I am very glad I attended and look forward to querying Sam when I am further along in [my writing]. Workshop will be held in the TBA room on Thursday, August 10 from 9 AM 4:30 PM, with a break for lunch between 12 1 PM. While lunch is not provided, many attendees will be discussing the workshop over lunch at the Boomtown Pub (connected to the hotel). A workshop fee of CDN $40 is requested to reserve your seat. Bring your query letter for your MS for discussion and critique! Bring a notepad or lap top to take notes. Sam worked at the literary magazines Blood & Aphorisms and The Quarterly in the 90s. He ran the edgy micropublisher, Gutter Press, from 1993 to 2002, as publisher. He launched the literary division of The Lavin Agency in 2003, where he built a list of clients and did his first deals.

4 Active and Edgy, Writing Real Life From Historical Fiction, to the New Memoir, to Creative Non-Fiction, documenting real life in the written word is back in the trendy seat, and just in time for Canada's 150th! Join us as we explore several options of turning dynamic oral history into edgy and action-filled stories, memoirs, and creative non-fiction. Join Diana Cranstoun, Mahrie G. Reid, Sarah Kades Graham and Det. Dave Sweet as they lead us in this interactive workshop. This ain't your momma's history book. Workshop will be held in the TBA room on Friday, August 12 from 9 AM 12 PM (prior to the start of the festival). A workshop fee of CDN $20 is requested to reserve your seat. Bring a notepad or lap top to make notes. Former President of The Alberta Romance Writers' Association, Diana Cranstoun has had short stories broadcast on CBC Radio, two feature length screenplays optioned, and a half-hour TV comedy performed at the Banff TV Festival. A popular, informed workshop presenter, Diana is in demand for workshops at WWC conferences, ARWA and RWA writer's groups and Wellspring Calgary and other venues. In addition to the Caleb Cove Mystery series, Mahrie G. Reid has written for the Canadian Historical Brides Series from Books We Love. The Left-Behind Bride, Book 10 in the series, will be available in April Sarah Kades Graham a writer of fast-paced romantic eco-fiction, and Detective Dave Sweet an active homicide detective with eighteen years on the job including the Drug Unit, Organized Crime, and Homicide, are currently collaborating on a non-fiction book sharing the universal life lessons one homicide detective has learned from his career in law enforcement.

5 Manuscript Workshop with David B. Coe This full day workshop will focus on the essential components of a good story - character, plot, setting, pacing/structure, dialogue, etc. - by examining a novel chapter (preferably chapter 1) provided by each workshop participant. Seats are limited to 12 participants (6 participants each day). Please review the participant requirements below prior to ing us at info@whenwordscollide.org to check availability. When checking availability, please specify which day (Monday or Tuesday) you wish to attend. A waiting list will be maintained once each workshop is filled. This workshop will be held in the Jasper Board Room on Monday, August 14 and again on Tuesday August 15 from 9 AM 5 PM. with a break for lunch between 12 1 PM. Lunch is not provided; many attendees will be discussing the workshop over lunch at the Boomtown Pub (connected to the hotel). A workshop fee of CDN $125 will be requested once your seat is confirmed. Manuscripts must be submitted via.rtf attachment no later than May 15 th to info@whenwordscollide.org (Submission must be a novel chapter no longer than 6000 words. If you have a back cover blurb to set the context, please include it.) Participants are required to critique co-participants manuscripts during the 2 months prior to the workshop and make a brief presentation of each critique during the workshop. (For those unfamiliar with the critique process, guidelines will be provided as part of the workshop material.) David B. Coe is the author of more than nineteen novels and a dozen short stories. His first series, the LonTobyn Chronicle won the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award as the best new fantasy. He followed the LonTobyn Books with his critically acclaimed Winds of the Forelands and Blood of the Southlands series. David's books have been translated into a dozen languages. David also writes the historical urban fantasy -- the Thieftaker Chronicles -- as D.B. Jackson.