Humber Masterclasses

Writing for an Audience

Saeed Teebi

Humber Masterclasses

Writing for an Audience

Saeed Teebi

1:00pm

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Main Loft

90 mins

Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts.

Writing for an Audience: for whom are we writing, and how to write for them

This 90-minute creative writing masterclass, led by acclaimed author Saeed Teebi, will instruct on the importance of audience, how to determine the audience for your writing, how to calibrate your story to that audience, and how to fine-tune audience discrepancies. All writing levels welcome.

The date and time of this event is subject to change.

Presented by TIFA in partnership with the Humber School for Writers.

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Workshop

How to attend

Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts.

Writing for an Audience: for whom are we writing, and how to write for them

This 90-minute creative writing masterclass, led by acclaimed author Saeed Teebi, will instruct on the importance of audience, how to determine the audience for your writing, how to calibrate your story to that audience, and how to fine-tune audience discrepancies. All writing levels welcome.

The date and time of this event is subject to change.

Presented by TIFA in partnership with the Humber School for Writers.

Humber School for Writers Logo

Workshop

Featured Authors

Saeeed Teebi is a writer and lawyer based in Toronto. His story Her First Palestinian was shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. He was born to Palestinian parents in Kuwait and, after some time in the U.S., has lived in Canada since 1993.

Read more about Saeed Teebi

1:00pm

Saturday, September 23

Main Loft

90 mins

How to attend

$49

What to read

Her First Palestinian by ,
TIFA 2023

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