Problem-Based Writing with Jordan Abel - The FOLD

Problem-Based Writing with Jordan Abel

Description

A creative writing workshop that focuses on how one writes from a problem-based approach. Join acclaimed author Jordan Abel for a session on how to tackle the central issues in your writing—questions that arise may include engagements with ethics, narrative, position, and representation, and we will explore how to find your way through these issues in a manner that makes for engaging, dynamic writing. This workshop is grounded in memoir writing but contains information and strategies that can work across many genres!

This webinar has now ended. You can view the recording of the session, complete with closed captions, on the FOLD YouTube channel.

 

 

Webinar Host

Jordan Abel is a queer Nisga’a writer from Vancouver. He is the author of The Place of Scraps, Un/inhabited, Injun, and NISHGA. Abel’s next project, a work of fiction called Empty Spaces forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart in 2023. Abel currently teaches Indigenous Literatures, Research-Creation, and Creative Writing in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.

Upcoming Webinars

Turquoise rectangular graphic featuring Linh S. Nguyen. Text reads: Writing From Desire & Body with Linh S. Nguyen. Register at thefoldcanada.org/academy. Literary Webinar Series. Saturday, October 14 // 12pm EST.

Writing From Desire & Body with Linh S. Nguyen

October 14, 2023 12:00 pm

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Join children’s author and arts educator Linh S. Nguyễn in her new workshop aimed at writing practices that stem from the body. Her teaching methods rely on pleasure and paying attention to what surfaces unplanned (aligned with adrienne maree brown’s “emergent strategy”). Desire and emergence are treated as entry points to making art, which ensures an accessible space for beginners or those who might not consider themselves writers or artists. As we move through a precarious world, it is important to notice our bodies, entanglements, emotions, and the places where we take root and grow. Knowing that everything is in flux—including our homes and our selves—the most essential skill is to honour what matters in any given moment. Learn to be present and write from wherever you’re at. Participants will be guided through emergent practice, embodiment, and love as a way of knowing (audre lorde) as it relates to creative work. Bring a warm beverage, writing utensils, and coloured pencils, and join us from the comfort of your home.

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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Turquoise rectangular graphic featuring Annahid Dashtgard. Text reads: Digging for Truth in Memoir Writing with Annahid Dashtgard. Register at thefoldcanada.org/academy. Literary Webinar Series. Saturday, November 18 // 12pm EST.

Digging for Truth in Memoir Writing with Annahid Dashtgard

November 18, 2023 12:00 pm

Online

What do great memoirs have in common? In this workshop, bestselling non-fiction author Annahid Dashtgard guides writers through steps in the process of committing one’s life to the page, and how to know when a writer arrives at the most truthful and impactful version of events.

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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