Description
By parsing examples from literature, this workshop will go beyond the fundamentals to explore how dialogue can multi-task: convey speech, advance plot, reveal character, add atmosphere, and enhance setting.
This session will be closed-captioned. Closed captioning provided by Zoom auto transcription.
This session will be followed by a Q&A.
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Webinar Host
Sharon Bala’s best-selling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2020 NL Book Award and the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, was short listed for several awards, and is in translation in four languages. Sharon is a member of The Port Authority, a St. John’s writing group.
Upcoming Webinars
Decolonizing Editing with Amber Riaz
Decolonizing Editing with Amber Riaz
An hour-long conscious language and ethical editing presentation focused on how editors can recognize the colonial perspective and intervene in instances where colonial language is being used to misrepresent information.
This workshop is presented in partnership with Editors Canada. Find the full list of Editors Canada workshops here.
This session will be closed-captioned. Closed captioning provided by Zoom auto transcription.
This session will be followed by a Q&A.