Workshop Event
Oh, Is That a Fact?
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2023Time: 11am to 1pmLocation: Alexandra Writers’ Centre at cSpace (1721, 29th Ave. SW, 4th floor)Cost: $10 for WGA members | $20 for non-members
Please register online at Oh, Is That a Fact?.
How applying the fundamentals of fiction and cultural criticism can strengthen your personal essay.
An in-person workshop with Mikka Jacobsen, author of Modern Fables.
In this workshop, Mikka Jacobsen will discuss how the fundamentals of fiction — setting, voice, character, action and dialogue — can be honed into a powerful personal essay. How might a writer use a narrative persona to address broader cultural issues? How does an anecdote — particularly an embarrassing or shameful one — work to perform cultural critique? How closely must a memoirist stick to the “facts,” and what is the difference between fact and truth?
