Guest Speaker in May: Kate MacIntosh
When: Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10 AM PST
Workshop Titles: Using Psychology to Create Realistic Characters & Finding (and keeping) Your Creative Spark
Agenda (Pacific Standard Time):
Online via Zoom: Please register before 5 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 PST to receive the Zoom link.
- 10:00 am Meeting Opens with OCRW Announcements
- 10:15 am Speaker Session: Using Psychology to Create Realistic Characters
- 11:30 am OCRW Business Meeting
- 11:45 am Break for Lunch
- 12:15 pm Meeting Resumes
- 12:30 pm Speaker Session: Finding (and keeping) Your Creative Spark
- 2:00 pm Meeting Adjourns
Morning Workshop: Using Psychology to Create Realistic Characters
Characters are the key to fiction that engages. Editors, agents, and most importantly, readers, want stories with compelling characters. The science of human behavior can teach writers a lot about creating our imaginary friends. Understanding psychology supports writers in creating complex characters that feel authentic because they are based on how people react in the real world. This workshop will provide attendees with an introduction to several psychological theories they can use to create relatable characters and deepen the story conflict.
Afternoon Workshop: Finding (and keeping) Your Creative Spark
A creative life is more than any one book or project. It’s how you move in the world as an artist and a professional. But in a world filled with a busy day job, family demands, and the sometimes harsh world of publishing- how do you keep your creative spark going? This workshop helps you explore what ignites your creativity and how to feed and maintain that fire through out your career. We’ll dig into what can keep you creating, and practical tips to move forward. Bring your pens/notebooks or laptops and be ready to reflect and write.
About Kate MacIntosh
Kate MacIntosh is always in search of the perfect bottle of wine, a great book, and a swoon worthy period costume drama. You’ll find her in Vancouver making friends with every dog she meets, teaching writing, and listening to true crime podcasts while lounging on the sofa in sweats and spouting random historical facts she finds interesting. You can find her at katemacintoshbooks.com.
Online via Zoom: Please register before 5 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 PST to receive the Zoom link.
The Zoom link will be emailed on the evening of Friday, May 9, 2025, after registration closes.
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Important Note Regarding Recordings:
If recordings are made, they will be available for viewing after the meeting and only available for a limited time provided there are no technical difficulties and the speaker agrees. A link to the recordings will be emailed to paying attendees separately.