Workshop: Character Development

The 22nd annual festival runs from October 9 to 15, 2017. Wordfest™ connects Calgarians with life-changing ideas from some of today's most compelling authors. Our programming is accessible, engaging and fun. Events feature genres fiction, non-fiction, poetry and spoken word performances, current event panels, workshops, film & art installations, youth and multilingual programming, in-school performances and featured events with some of the most talked-about writers of the season.

Wordfest 2017

Good character development is a critical part of writing both fiction and non-fiction (and can also be surprisingly relevant to poetry!). This workshop by Man Booker Prize nominee Alison Pick will help you get to know the characters you are writing about in new and fun ways. Come prepared to brainstorm, to play games, to write hard, and to learn how understanding your characters deeply can take your writing project to a whole new level. This workshop is hosted by Rod Moody-Corbett.
Alison Pick
Alison Pick was the 2002 Bronwen Wallace Award winner for the most promising young writer in Canada. She has published three acclaimed volumes of poetry and three highly acclaimed novels, including the bestselling Far to Go, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Canadian Jewish Award for Fiction. Her memoir, Between Gods, was published internationally, was a finalist for the BC National Award for Non-Fiction, and was a Globe and Mail “Best Book” of 2014.

Workshop: Character Development

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