FICTION FUNDAMENTALS:
AN INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FICTION
MARCH 13, MARCH 27, APRIL 10, APRIL 24, MAY 8
CHARLOTTETOWN LEARNING CENTRE
In this five-part workshop series, explore the art of writing fiction with award-winning Island author Trevor Corkum. Designed for both new and experienced writers, this fun and engaging series of workshops will focus on the key building blocks of writing powerful fiction—character, voice, plot, and more. Through a series of engaging exercises, in-class writing, and discussion, you’ll work through developing and editing your own short piece of fiction. Find your voice, deepen your creativity, and polish your story-writing skills.
Workshops will be held every second Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM in the Program Room (Community Kitchen) at the Charlottetown Learning Centre.
Limited to 10 writers.
Cost: $325/$250 (students and seniors) + HST
OVERVIEW
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Character
Week 3: Plot + structure
Week 4: Voice
Week 5: Editing + final readings
about Me
If we haven’t met before, I look forward to meeting. I love thinking about and teaching writing, especially in small group settings. I’m an award-winning writer, educator, and scholar who has facilitated workshops and lectured across Canada and around the world. In terms of my own writing, my novel The World After Us is coming out soon with Doubleday Canada. My fiction, essays, journalism and reviews have appeared in Canada's leading periodicals, including the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Walrus and others. My short story “Lost Boys” was recently shortlisted for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, out of over 6000 entries from around the world. In Canada, my writing has been recognized with nominations for the Journey Prize, a National Magazine Award for Fiction, a Western Magazine Award for Personal Journalism, the CBC Short Story Prize, and the CBC Nonfiction Prize. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, and an MA and PhD in Adult Education from the University of Toronto and my work has received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, Innovation PEI, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Access Copyright Canada (through the Marian Hebbs Grant program) and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. On Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island), my partner and I run The Hideout, a rural property which offers retreats and self-directed residencies for Canadian and international writers.
