Calgary Arts Development’s classified listing is a free service for Calgary’s arts community. All content for the classifieds is user-submitted. Calgary Arts Development makes no endorsement to any agency, organization, corporation or individual who submits listings. We trust our readers to use their own judgement when responding to ads. Calgary Arts Development believes that artists should be paid for their work. For job postings and open calls, please share salary ranges or payment. Please note that ads for jobs outside of Calgary and area may not be posted. Archived November 5, 2019 The Craft of Storytelling Exploring Patterns in Narrative The deadline for this opportunity has passed. Date: Saturday, November 30, 2019 Time: 10:00am – 3:30pm Location: The Alexandra Writers’ Centre (460, 1721 29th Ave. SW) Cost: $75 for AWC members, $100 for non-members Description In this workshop, we will be looking at different ways to approach narrative in fiction. This could be as simple as shifts in point of view and character. Or it could be a bit more structural, with the use of a fragmented or a narrative that has a unique shape or pattern. We will be looking at texts that demonstrate different approaches to narrative, and discuss how telling it to slant can draw a reader in and add complexity to a story. We will also be creating our own “slanted” text. Examples of what we might read include selections from Ru by Kim Thuy, Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Valley of the Girls by Kelly Link, Inventory by Carmen Maria Machado, and Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson. We will also refer to the text Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison as a reference point for the class. For more information or to register, visit alexandrawriters.org.
