GRIND WRITERS NEWS - FOR MAY 2014

Contents

--She lasso’d it. She wrestled with it. She tied it down, embraced it, and kissed it on the nose: Joan at the North Shore Writers’ Festival

--Wordplay – New West’s monthly poetry-generating free meet-up

--BC Writers Autonomous Fan Region

--Places to go, things to do, people to see

--Whole lotta writing going on: The RCLAS

--Could you turn some of your life experiences into paid articles?

--The Surrey Conference has its list of presenters up!

--Submit. (you know you want to) Contests and calls

--Grind Writers – where we meet & when. Upcoming minis

--The free-write photo prompt:  just try it!

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Between you 'n me and the gatepost - the wide wide avenues of Interactive Multimedia Storytelling - Malcolm van Delst

Between you 'n me and the gatepost - the wide wide avenues of Interactive Multimedia Storytelling

Malcolm van Delst's mini-workshop on INTERACTIVE STORY-TELLING at The Grind Writers May 10th. 

First she took everyone to the interactive fiction walkabout (http://activefictionproject.com) that starts near the Grind Café. 

On return returned she took us from Dickens (inveterate serial novelist who shaped characters based on reader feedback) through everything from Choose Your Own Adventures to flashmobs and faithhealers, to NFB’s Bear 71 - the fascinating interactive docu on the ubiquitous ursine wanderings of a wild bear to Survivance and Homestar Runner; she introduced us to Snowfallen and lured us over to Kingdom of Loathing.

It was an overview worthy of Norton on a topic of endless width and breadth and possibilities. “Our lives,” she says, “are big, long stories, shaped by the people we meet.” And how.

You can read Malcolm’s remarkable experimental novel The Low Self-Esteem Reading Room online and she welcomes your feedback. She's available to speak to your group. Connect via Twitter or at the website (http://www.cutelab.com).

GRIND WRITERS NEWS - APRIL 2014

Contents
--Write about wood --Twisted Poets
--BC writers. Autonomous fan region
--Susan’s bucket list – ticked off

--Places to go, things to do, people to see

--Submit.  (you know you want to) – Contests and calls  

--Two all-day literary fests (with oodles of free workshops) this month
--Places for Writers

--Grind Writers – where we meet & when. Upcoming minis.

--The free-write photo prompt:  just try it!

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