Issue 45-1: Notes on Writing
45-1, EVENT’s annual Notes on Writing issue, provides a rare inside glimpse at the lives of five notable Canadian writers. Kevin Spenst […]
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Non-Fiction Prompt #22
In her short non-fiction piece, “What You Learn in College,” Karen Donley-Hayes writes about a personal experience playing strip spin-the-bottle […]
Review: Brett Josef Grubisic’s This Location of Unknown Possibilities & Ed MacDonald’s Atomic Storybook
This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/2 Brett Josef Grubisic, This Location of Unknown Possibilities, Now or Never Publishing, […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #14
Write about a time you were out of your element, a fish out of water. The “fish out of water” […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #13
A favourite movie of mine is that 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow flick, Sliding Doors. The narrator runs to catch a subway train. […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #12
Recall an incident from your childhood and write about it, limiting your narration to the child’s perspective, or the “Voice of […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #11
There are four basic different kinds of conflict: Man against man Man against self Man against society Man against nature […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #10
Making the Familiar Unfamiliar: A challenge in creative writing is to use a variety of descriptive techniques to depict ordinary […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #9
Write a scene of a personal experience that risks painting you in a negative light. For example, you could write […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #8
This prompt is adapted from an exercise in Brian Kitelely’s 3 AM Epiphany. The original prompt, titled “Déjà Vu,” asks the writer […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #7
Find a piece of music that reminds you of a time and place from your past. Play it in the […]