Geist Workshops—Give Your Writing Skills a Workout
Flex your writing muscles.Fun, info-packed, affordable short workshops that deliver practical writing skills—a perfect jump-start for new writers, and a quick, smart tune-up for professionals. The workshops are led by Geist editors, in comfortable rooms, in salubrious company. Take one workshop or take ’em all.
The Art of Life Writing: Gaining Momentum
Next Workshop: Saturday October 18, 2008
A workshop for women who are underway on a life-writing project—a story or essay about yourself or people you know. If you need practical advice and enjoy working in a supportive environment with experienced instructors and other women writers—this workshop is for you! This is a hands-on workshop, so bring your life-writing work-in-progress with you, on paper or on your laptop. Workshop leaders: Mary Schendlinger, Senior Editor of Geist magazine and teacher of writing and publishing at UBC and SFU, and C.E. Coughlan and Sarah Maitland, editors at Geist.The Art of the Sentence Workshop
Next workshop: Saturday November 15, 2008
Last workshop: Saturday September 22, 2007
Good writing begins with good sentences and Stephen Osborne, founder and editor of Geist magazine, knows how to write the best sentences around. Learn about good verbs and bad verbs, and even those pesky adverbs. Bring along a sharp pencil and you’ll leave with some great sentences in your pocket.
Next workshop: Saturday January 24, 2009
Last workshop: January 19, 2008
Join us for a hands-on, info-packed afternoon of tips and techniques for drawing people, dogs, toasters, whisper balloons, plewds, squeams and more—and making it all into a story. With your toon guide, Eve Corbel—comix creator and cartoon editor for Geist magazine.
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Next workshop: Saturday February 21, 2009
Last workshop: October 27, 2007
A hands-on workshop for anyone who wants to write what they think—in as few words as possible. Patty Osborne, a regular contributor to Endnotes, will lead participants through the process of honing in on what needs to be said in a short review and what is the best way to say it.
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Publishing Strategies for Small Magazines
Next workshop: TBA
Last workshop: July 30, 2008
This one-day seminar-workshop is for publishers and editors of small magazines who wish to explore publishing strategies designed to fit the needs of niche publications. Led by Stephen Osborne, founder and editor of Geist magazine.
Taking It to the Net
Next workshop: TBA
Last workshop: SaturdayJuly 12, 2008
A hat trick of workshops for do-it-yourself journalists. Learn how to use blogs, podcasts and YouTube to get your opinions out there. Hosted by Geist magazine and the SFU Writing and Publishing Program. Workshops led by Shannon Rupp, Alexandra Samuel, and Gary Shilling.
The Art of Writing Your Life
Next workshop: TBA
Last workshop: Saturday May 10, 2008
A workshop for women embarking on the life-writing adventure, or just needing a tune-up for an ongoing project. We’ll talk, you’ll write, we’ll read. Led by Mary Schendlinger, Senior Editor of Geist magazine and teacher of writing and publishing at UBC and SFU.
The Art of the Short Narrative
Next workshop: TBA
Last workshop: 4 Mondays 6:30 pm—9:30 pm April 7—28, 2008 (Vancouver)
This advanced course in writing short narratives (a few pages in length), with special attention to the craft of sentence-making and the art of paragraphing, is for writers who wish to enhance their narrative powers. Fiction and non-fiction forms will be considered in a series of intensive writing workshops. Led by Stephen Osborne, founder and editor of Geist magazine.
Starting a Small Magazine
Next workshop: TBA
Last workshop: November 19 and 26, 2007
In this two-part seminar Stephen Osborne, founder and editor of Geist magazine, guides you through the publishing process from concept and planning through design and production to marketing and distribution. Participants are encouraged to submit their publishing plans (or vague ideas) or copies of their current publications, before the first session, and to revise them for the second session.
