• Session: Breaking Through Writer’s Block
  • Date: Saturday, Nov 25th
  • Time: 12-4pm
  • Instructor: Angela M Cowan
  • Experience: Open to everyone
  • Ages: 16+
  • Cost: $45/session
  • Supplies: Please bring a notebook and a pen, any other supplies will be provided.

This workshop guides participants through a series of writing exercises designed to help you break through any creative blocks. It’s a space to build creativity, experiment with new forms or genres, and share in an encouraging workshop environment. Positive comments and observations are welcome. Brief readings from varying craft or other books may be included, dependent on timing.

Instructor: Angela M Cowan is a professional writer and editor with more than 10 years’ experience writing for lifestyle magazines, newspapers and commercial and academic clients, and was a BC Yukon Community Newspaper Award winner in 2015. She has had poetry published in Quills Canadian Poetry and digitally with Leaf Press Publishing, and has taken workshops with writer and poet Julie Paul and noted author and artist Nick Bantock. Angela is passionate about helping others tap into their creativity, and has been leading warm and welcoming workshops at MAOA since 2021. Find more info and testimonials at www.angelamcowan.com.