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Canadian Authors – National Capital Region: The Craft of Short Fiction Workshop
October 17, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
$10Events Navigation
The Craft of Short Fiction
Join multi-award-winning writer Douglas Smith as he provides tips on the craft of writing the short story. Topics covered will include crafting characters, choosing the right point-of-view, pros and cons for various POV options, plotting as character decisions, why setting is character, stories with multiple POV characters, handling scene and POV changes, POV and character voice, non-linear plots, writing scenes out of order, opening lines, implied back story, handling information flow, story structures, recommended resources…and more.