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Editing Workshop: Push Your Protagonist

Fraser River Literary Festival

Push your protagonist out of their comfort zone! Award-winning novelist and editor Gail Anderson-Dargatz shares techniques for creating active characters and strong narrative drive.

Okay, let’s face it: writers don’t like conflict. Who does? But when we allow our characters to avoid their conflicts, we run into real problems, such as unclear story goals, passive protagonists and wandering storylines. These issues stem from a lack of thorough development, which can stand in the way of a book’s potential for success or even prevent it from being published.

In this workshop, award-winning novelist and developmental editor Gail Anderson-Dargatz will point out where you’re likely avoiding conflict on the page and explore ways to build more active characters and a strong narrative drive.

Registration required. 

For more information about this Fraser River Literary Festival event, email ask@coqlibrary.ca. 

Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s internationally bestselling novels The Cure for Death by Lightning and A Recipe for Bees were both short-listed for the Giller Prize. Her thrillers The Almost Wife and The Almost Widow were national bestsellers, and The Almost Widow was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada. HarperCollins has just released her latest novel, The Atlas Keeper. Gail also writes hi-lo books for the educational market. She taught for nearly a decade in the CW MFA program at UBC and now works as a mentor and developmental editor. For more, visit her website: gailanderson-dargatz.ca

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