Since 2023 the Edmonton Writers' Group has been in a partnership program with the Edmonton Public Library and offering a series of seminars on fiction writing. To date these have only been offered at the Capilano Branch, but we are hoping to expand to other branches in the future. These seminars were repeated in 2024 & 2025 with a few changes.
The Fall 2026 version will be moving into more of a workshop format, which will still be held weekly.
Participants will be given homework to do on their stories, and their stories will be shared within the group to give each other feedback.
Syllabus
This workshop will give you a good start in the writing process by examining your story idea(s), and briefly looking at the role of genre, etc. All you need to do is do the writing.
September 12, 2026: Genres & Story ideas - A Brief Overview
September 19, 2026: Characters I - Your Protagonish and Antagonist
September 26, 2026: Characters II - Other Characters
October 03, 2026: Plotting & Planning
October 10, 2026: <<No class due to Thanksgiving Day Statutory Day>>
October 17, 2026: World Building
October 24, 2026: Beginnings - Time to Start Writing
October 31, 2026: Middles - Keeping your Readers Reading
November 07, 2026: Ends - Ending it all, in a good way
November 14, 2026: Editing - The Last Steps before Publishing
November 21, 2026: Publishing & Promotions
Preregistration for these sessions is required. Please contact the Edmonton Writers' Group for further information. The session are also listed on the Edmonton Public LIbrary's website under the What's On tab for Capilano Branch. Just select the date and you will see the registration page. Please note that the registration is for the whole program. While life does have a tendancy to get in the way you should plan on attending all the sessions if you wish to succeed.
It is very possible that these workshops could deal with mature themes, so potential participants should be prepared to be exposed to alternative viewpoints on various topics.