Thinking is overthinking!

Has the blank page ever intimidated you? Do you wish you could write or tell entertaining stories with abandon? Do you write but wish you could do it better?

OUT OF OUR MINDS (& onto the page) is the perfect workshop to get those creative storytelling juices flowing. Thinking is overthinking, so we’re going to remove the pressure to get it right by simply playing with whatever comes. Playing improv games and using prompted writing exercises, the workshop helps make writing spontaneous and freewheeling. No preparation. No homework. No inhibitions.

Just be ready to be silly and open. Oh, and bring something to write with (e.g., pen & paper, phone, iPad, stone tablet & chisel, semaphore flags).

Past workshop attendees have said:

“…thoughtful, practical suggestions on how to write for impact & evoke genuine emotion.”

“…I was able to go to places I didn’t know I needed to go to tell the stories I needed to tell.”

“…I now sit & put my pen to paper & go where I am taken.”

“…I didn’t feel my usual dread of reading what I’ve written out loud.”

“…helps people get into their writing & out of their own way.”

“…Randall is a great storyteller, very inclusive & attentive to everyone.”

TWO SESSIONS AVAILABLE:

Single-day sampler event ($20): 3-hour session, Saturday, September 5, 11am – 2pm

Six-week workshop ($250): Six 2-hour sessions, Saturdays, Sept 19 – Oct 31 (excl Oct 17), 11am – 1pm

TO REGISTER:

Please send an e-transfer to createdbyrcw@gmail.com to reserve your place. Spaces are limited.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Randall C Willis is an award-winning screen and comedy writer and filmmaker, who regularly performs in Toronto’s storytelling community. He is also a seasoned science and medicine writer, but hey, nobody’s perfect.

Randall teaches screenwriting at George Brown Polytechnic and previously taught at Raindance in Toronto. And through his company So, What’s Your Story?, Randall helps clients bring life to their visions and breath to their unique voices. He also routinely judges screenplays and films for festivals such as Toronto Chinese Canadian Film Festival, Lunenburg Doc Fest, and Austin Film Festival.

A perpetual student of the storytelling arts, Randall has 25+ years of training in improv, stand up, puppetry, sketch comedy, and monologues. If Randall has a motto, it’s “You have permission to suck”, which fits nicely with his fully improvised life.