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How to Be a Confident Writer & Get Rid of Self-Doubt

Date:
Time:
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Venue:
Trenton Library
Location:
1 Forge Street, Trenton. More info
Link:
https://parl.ns.ca/events/calendars/TREN.php
Calendar:
Community event

Writing workshop with Emma Května.

Writers are some of harshest self-critics, which can really hinder creativity and development – not a great atmosphere for writing! So how do you get rid of self-doubt? How do you become a confident writer even though you don’t feel like an expert?

In this workshop, Emma Kvetna takes writers through a series of exercises and teachings to help writers gain clarity and confidence in their identity as a writer.

Emma Května is a writer, poet and author. Her work has appeared in Filling Station, Bell Press and Planisphere Quarterly. She is a self-published author and has helped others through the process during her time with Friesen Press.

Please call the Trenton Library at (902) 752-5181 or email trenton@parl.ns.ca to register for this workshop since seating is limited.

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca