Join us for 5 days of digital learning from July 14 to 18, 2025 Online.
ABOUT
In this multi-session, recorded event, learn from top editors how to both revise your own work and address external feedback and suggestions. Cut the clutter, befriend the red pen, and take your draft from rough to refined. Workshops, presentations, and editing sprints will help you survive – and thrive! – in your very own revision quest.
WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE
9:30 am Introduction and Tech Help (July 14 only)
9:00 am Guided Editing Sprints (4 sessions starting on day 2)
11:00 am Main Sessions (5 Sessions starting on day 1)
2:00 pm Bonus Sessions (2+ Sessions as presenters are available)
All times are in Pacific (Vancouver) time.
EVENT SCHEDULE
MONDAY
9:30:AM: Tech Help and Welcome
11:00 AM: 'Self-Editing for Voice and Point of View' with Michelle Barker and David Brown, from the Darling Axe
2:00 PM: 'Editing Books and Other Long-Form Manuscripts', a panel discussion, moderated by Frances Peck, with Leslie Vermeer and Iva Cheung
TUESDAY
9:00 AM: Guided Editing Sprint (30 minutes)
11:00 AM: '5 Ways to Unstick a Story' with Lisa Hislop
2:00 PM: 'Unfiltered: Avoiding Filter Words to Strengthen Your Writing' with Tara Avery
WEDNESDAY
11:00 AM: 'Save Your Darlings' with Mark Cameron
2:00 PM: Editing workshop with Kyle Hawke
THURSDAY
11:00 AM: 'Words Are Fun! Playing with Language to Explore, Expand, and Elevate Your Writing' with Genevieve Wynand
2:00 PM: 'Starting Over: Tackling the Rewrite' with Rachel Dunstan Muller
FRIDAY
11:00 AM: 'Twenty-One Revision Techniques' with Cheryl Klein
2:00 PM: 'Ready, Set, SUBMIT!' with Jenn Sommersby
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Email us at hello@bcwriters.ca
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