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Writer’s Block: Why There’s No Such Thing and How to Get Around it Anyway
With
JM Landels
The latest word on writer’s block seems to be that it doesn’t exist. Which is an entirely unhelpful point of view if you’ve ever been stuck staring at a blank page. In this workshop we’ll look at tricks our brain plays on us to stop the flow of words, and techniques we can use to turn the creative tap back on. Write a new scene and brainstorm the end of your WIP in this interactive workshop. The target audience? Writers wanting to summon their muse and get the engine running.
JM Landels wears nearly as many hats as Bartholomew Cubbins: writer, editor, artist, equestrian, and swordswoman are just a few. She is the author and illustrator of the fantasy bestselling Allaigna’s Song trilogy and is currently working on The Shepherdess, a historical fantasy about a shepherdess-turned-spy in 17th century France. She is the managing and production editor at Pulp Literature Press, and head of Academie Cavallo, a school for mounted combat in Langley BC. She has given talks and workshops as far afield as Washington state and DC, California, Montana, England, Germany, and France, as well as in Canadian cities from Vancouver to Halifax, and many points in between.
Jen is facilitating the workshop, Writer’s Block: Why There’s No Such Thing and How to Get Around it Anyway, along with Mel Anastasiou, on Saturday, September 14, at 2 pm.