Including different types of personalities in our writing can brighten a story, make it memorable, and help readers emotionally connect to our fictional characters. The Insights Discovery® is a system that is partly based on Carl Jung’s theory of introverts and extroverts. It’s also similar to the Myers-Briggs personality indicator system. These types of theories try to help us understand human behaviour and to see if a pattern is discernible. Presenter Shereen Vedam's favorite way to analyze human behavior is the Insights…

Gothic horror literature was born of the Dark Romanticism movement of the late eighteenth century and, like all literature, has adapted and evolved to reflect changing times and cultures. The constant elements include dread, isolation, insanity, decay, the grotesque and the speculative. Gothic stories rely heavily on atmosphere and setting; they delve into the shadows and uncover horrors. KT Wagner will provide an overview of modern gothic writing, including the growing subgenre of Northern Gothic (further defined by our vast…

Myths, legends, fairy tales, and fables are distinct folk narrative types with specific characteristics, but the terms are often conflated in common usage, and the genres themselves are sometimes muddied in contemporary storytelling. Many writers and readers also believe they are inflexible categories of established tales, when in reality they are dynamic tools we can use to weave familiar narrative patterns into new tales. With this in mind, you are invited to join presenter Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran for an introduction…