Earlier today, as part of this year’s online version of When Words Collide, the great annual writing conference in Calgary, I led about forty writers through the Seven-Sentence Short Story exercise, created by science fiction and fantasy author (and former English teacher) James Van Pelt, who was on hand and took part himself! I’ve used this …
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A new seven-sentence short story: The Quantum Beast
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 5 months ago
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A new seven-sentence short story
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 11 months ago
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Last night, as part of my ongoing gig as writer-in-residence at the Saskatoon Public Library, I led a large group of writers through the Seven-Sentence Short Story exercise, created by science fiction and fantasy author (and former English teacher) James Van Pelt. I’ve used this as an exercise several times now in writing classes and …
Another Seven-Sentence Short Story
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Writing and Editing
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September 7, 2016
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At When Words Collide in Calgary this summer I once again conducted a Seven-Sentence Short Story workshop, and had more people in it than ever before–30 or so, I’d guesstimate. This is a plotting exercise created by SF writer/high school teacher James Van Pelt, and it works great in this setting. Below is my story written …
Seven-sentence stories from Creating in the Qu’appelle
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Writing and Editing
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May 5, 2015
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I had the great pleasure last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to be one of the writer-instructors at Creating in the Qu’appelle, an annual teen writing camp held at Dallas Valley Ranch Camp outside Regina. (The others were Chris Fisher, Gerald Hill, and Steven Galloway.) Over the course of the 2 1/2 days, I conducted four …
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