Conquering the Blank Page

Workshop Leader: Corinna Chong

Description: For many writers, the blank page can be a dreaded wellspring of fear and anxiety, and a serious barrier to creativity and productivity. This workshop will offer tips and strategies for sparking ideas, exploring and manipulating those ideas on the page/screen, and maintaining creative momentum throughout the writing process.

Corinna Chong holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of New Brunswick. Her writing has appeared in Echolocation, Grain, The Malahat Review, and Ricepaper, and her first novel, Belinda’s Rings, was published by NeWest Press in 2013. She lives in Kelowna, where she teaches English literature at Okanagan College and co-edits Ryga: A Journal of Provocations.