Workshops

A New Year, A New Page Workshop

/ Ev Bishop / Leave a comment

Hello and happy New Year!

I hope this super quick update finds you doing well and happily bundled up in this surprising cold snap with reading and/or writing goals to keep you company.

I realize it’s super short notice, but it felt weird not to share it here in case you happen to live in the Terrace area (or close enough that a spontaneous jaunt is a possibility for you). If any of your hopes or intentions for 2024 (or just in general!) involved wanting to start writing, to get back to writing, or to write more (in any form or genre), this FREE full-day workshop is just the artist date you need to treat yourself to.

Register online here https://www.terracelibrary.ca/programs/workshop/ or by calling the Terrace Public Library at 250-638-8177. Here’s a brief breakdown of the day so you know what to expect. I hope to see you there! 😊

10:00: Kick off, including introductions

10:30 – 12:00: Ev Bishop. Write your heart. From non-fiction articles to poetry to short stories and epic novels, writing about the things you care about most deeply is the key to developing a satisfying, motivated writing practice and finishing pieces.  

12:00 – 12:45: lunch

12:45 – 2:15: Jane Stevenson. Setting and location. Physical geography provides a map for our passions—and often our stories. Strengthen your fiction by connecting your readers to a strong sense of place.

2:30 – 4:00: Andrea Guldin. The Hero’s Journey. Incorporate internal motivation into your hero’s journey to create dynamic characters that challenge your protagonist and drive the plot forward.

4:00: Q&A

4:45: Wrap up

Fiction Addiction

/ Ev Bishop / 2 Comments

So I’m smack in the middle of a huge project with a tight turnaround—yay! It’s challenging and gets my brain churning; I’m really enjoying it. The only thing I find daunting about it is just how much work there is to do in such a short time, so out of necessity, not desire, I’m on a one-month hiatus from my fiction work.

I was okay for the first week or two, but now I’m going crazy. A few times I’ve actually felt itchy with need to get back to it. It’s funny how it builds up—the worst part is that it’s not a burning desire to get editing. No, it’s much worse. I have a new book brewing. Anyway, brew it will have to. My coping strategy is thus: I’m dedicating a small notebook to New Book! When the voices get too loud, I will jot down the details and snippets they share. It’s pretty exciting—by the time I’m done editing my latest WIP, I will have (I hope!) another full book worth of ideas and plot in scribbled form.

So that’s me this week—loving my business work (excited because I already have another project lined up for March), and anxious to return to my *fiction addiction.

I hope your own writing—in whatever its form—is going great. And for the love of all that is good in the world, if you have the time to put into your novel, short stories, or poetry, get busy! Let me live vicariously through you.

*I’m running a set of writing workshops in late spring by this name. I can’t wait