"When Am I Done?"

The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is the national organization of professionally published writers. TWUC was founded in 1973 to work with governments, publishers, booksellers, and readers to improve the conditions of Canadian writers. Now over 2,800 members strong, TWUC advocates on behalf of writers’ collective interests, and delivers value to members through advocacy, community, and information. TWUC believes in a thriving, diverse Canadian culture that values and supports writers.

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Writing, rewriting, revising, editing — how do you know when you’re done?

Writing, rewriting, revising, editing — how do you know when you’re done? Join award-winning writer and writing teacher Lauren Carter for a discussion about what being finished with your writing project might look like. Sharing her own process, Lauren will cover stages of finishing, appropriate appraisal of the work (by yourself and by others), revision, editing, and — finally — submission. The focus will be on long and short prose, including novels, memoirs and other creative nonfiction, short fiction, and essays. Hosted by bestselling novelist Sharon Bala, this webinar runs 60 minutes and includes a Q&amp;A period. Registration is free for TWUC members, $10 for non-members. Members who are unable to attend will have access to a recording of the webinar for a limited time.This webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Once you have registered with an Eventbrite ticket, you will receive a confirmation email from The Writers&#x27; Union of Canada with instructions and your link to join the Zoom webinar on March 9.

Lauren Carter is a writer living on Treaty One territory, just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the author of four books, most recently the novel This Has Nothing To Do With You, which won the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and the poetry collection Following Sea. Her debut novel, Swarm, was selected for the CBC Canada Reads longlist and her short prose has been anthologized in Best Canadian Fiction. She&#x27;s currently working on finishing three books — collections of poetry and short stories and a new novel — while serving as the 2020/21 writer in residence through the Winnipeg Public Library. (Photo credit: Heather Ruth Photography)Sharon Bala’s bestselling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2020 Newfoundland &amp; Labrador Book Award and the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, was shortlisted for several awards, and is in translation in four languages. In 2017 she won the Writers’ Trust/ McClelland &amp; Stewart Journey Prize for her short story “Butter Tea at Starbucks” and had a second story on the long list. Sharon is a member of The Port Authority, a St. John’s writing group. Visit her at <a href="https://sharonbala.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">sharonbala.com</a>.

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