Tag: Education
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Membership Perks: Leading a Workshop
By: Linda Francis Did you ever wonder why it’s a great idea to join the Writers’ Community of York Region (WCYR)? Well, there’s a whole list of reasons! How about running a workshop and sharing your expertise and talents, and helping out your fellow authors? Many of us have a unique talent or skill or…
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What’s in a Grant: Better Dialogue!
How I Utilized My Grant at George Brown College’s Dialogue Writing Course By: Carol Newhouse I was awarded the WritersPlayGround-sponsored Educational Grant from the Writers’ Community of York Region. So, how did I use this amazing grant? I applied it to a Dialogue Writing Course held at George Brown College in downtown Toronto. I can…
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A Grant By Any Other Name
How I Utilized My Grant at the Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference By: Craig Hodgins From May 20 to May 24 I attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in North Carolina. This is one of the larger and better attended conferences for Christian writers. The conference offers continuing classes(multiple sessions over different days on one large…
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2018 Writers’ Grant Awards
Our first annual Writers’ Grant Awards is a success! On Tuesday May 15th the WCYR announced the winners of our 1st annual Writers’ Grant Awards. Three enthusiastic winners received their certificates and have until December 31st, 2018 to submit for their prize money. This year, we chose to award 3 Education Grants. Based on the…
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The Different Facets of Editing …The Long Road (Part I)
By MJ Moores, OCT. Author. Editor. Years ago, when I first started pursuing writing with the focus for getting published, I didn’t know there were different kinds of editors. Now, my Creative Writing minor in University taught me the difference between the various types of editing: Content/Substantive, Line/Stylistic, Copy Editing, and Proofreading (no, the last…