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  • Thursdays, Jun 01, 2023 - Dec 21, 2023
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    30 sessions remaining

    Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.

    We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.

    This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works. 

    There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.

    If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.

  • Thursday Jun 08, 2023 at 6:45pm
    75 minutes

    Writing group for teens 13-17, facilitated by the Stittsville Creative Writing Group. A member of the SCWG will help teens express their ideas in writing through a variety of lessons and formats. Encouraging the next generation of writers will strengthen literacy in the future.               

     Participants are asked to come prepared to write, with a device or pen/pencil and paper.

  • Saturday Jun 17, 2023 at 1:30pm
    90 minutes

    Welcome to Writing Series - Evocative Writing - Wordcraft for Emotional Impact with Amanda O'Gorman.

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group, in conjunction with the Ottawa Public Library, is pleased to present the Welcome to Writing Series. This is a collection of seminars or workshops with the goal of making you a better writer. Our intent is to foster creativity, literacy, and love of the written word. Members of the SCWG will present on the indicated topic. Registration is required.

    The writer's adage says: don't tell your audience what you want them to know, show them what you want them to see.  You have practiced descriptive writing.  Now, step deeper into writing that is immersive.  Learn to use the tools of all five senses, as well as memory, emotion and soulfulness, to create a moment that your reader can feel, as well as see.  In this seminar we will explore the potential impact of word choice, and why selecting the best word for the moment is like creating a gourmet meal in which all the colours, flavours and aromas must compliment one another for full effect.  This will be a workshop in which you are welcome to create something new, or to rework a previously written piece that you want to take from Descriptive to Evocative.

  • Tuesday Jul 04, 2023 at 10:30am
    45 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    Won't you come explore with me? Let's look at nature through stories and games.

    Ages 4-6.

    Registration required.

  • Wednesday Jul 05, 2023 at 10:30am
    90 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    Play, Make, Learn. Early reader literacy games, art projects and stories to ignite the joy of reading for the emergent reader in your family and their adult co-learner.

    Won't you come explore with me?

    Ages 4-6. Registration required.

  • Summer Reading Club Writing & Storytelling Webcard

    Saturday Jul 08, 2023 at 2:00pm
    90 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    A 90-minute collaborative story building adventure for groups of children aged 5-12. Children share, combine and vote their favourite ideas into a story fit for a picture book! They also draw colorful pictures to add more detail to the choices they've made. Author Timm Holmes then performs an interactive storytelling to prove the children have become authors of an amazing story that they built together! Discover more at timmholmes.com

  • Monday Jul 10, 2023 at 10:30am
    45 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    Won't you come explore with me? Let's look at nature through stories and games.

    Ages 4-6.

    Registration required.

  • Tuesday Jul 11, 2023 at 10:30am
    60 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    Witty word wizards, unite! Ages 7-12. Registration required.

  • Tuesday Jul 18, 2023 at 10:30am
    45 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    Won't you come explore with me? Let's look at nature through stories and games.

    Ages 4-6.

    Registration required.

  • Wednesday Jul 19, 2023 at 10:30am
    60 minutes

    Registration opens on Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:00am

    Ages 9 - 12 years old.

    Celebrate being you and make a plan for you: Vision boards, scarpbooking and mindmap your goals.