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    AWC 2027 Story Coach – paulo da costa

    I’m thrilled to have been selected as one of the 2027 AWC Story Coaches, and for six months I’ll work with writers to help transform those pesky, rusty, double-knotted manuscripts into stronger, sharper, publication-ready stories. Together, we can tackle the places where your manuscript is stuck, strengthen what’s already working, troubleshoot what isn’t, and give you the practical insight, technical know-how, honest feedback, and yes… a little keep-going-you’ve-got-this encouragement that can make all the difference. Whether you’re wrestling with a novel, memoir, short story collection, you don’t have to finish it alone. And you don’t have to live nearby. The program welcomes writers from near and far, with coaching available…

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    Keynote Address & Teaching the Short Story State of Mind at AWC

    Get Lit Writer Series – Alexandra Writers Centre With award-winning authors like Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, George Saunders, Kurt Vonnegut, there is so much to love and learn. Spend a day Getting Lit on short stories. Learn craft, process, publishing and so much more. Guaranteed to put you in that Short Story State of Mind. May 27, 20239-5pmAWCS Members: $150 | Non-Members: $200 Keynote & Presenterspaulo da costa | Lee Kvern | Leslie Greentree |Sarah L. Pratt | Robert Bose Note: Participation in Get Lit is entirely IN PERSON.Full schedule with times will be available to participants. Blue Pencil Sessions with Your Favourite PresenterSubmit up to 1500 words of a…

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    The Art of Micro-Fiction

    Tuesday March 21 2023 7-9 pm MT Sign Up Instructor: paulo da costa From one sentence-long to 1000 words stories, join paulo in learning the necessary skills to hone your writing craft in order to deliver a compact and compelling narrative. Learn to effectively distill a story down to its most impacting emotional moment. Successful micro-fictions leave a lasting impression on a reader’s mind. paulo has been writing sudden fiction since the 90’s and has published over 100 sudden fictions in his writing career. His micro fictions have won competitions, have been anthologized internationally, translated to other languages and recorded in audiobooks. His latest work, The Midwife of Torment and…