Hi everyone,

We hope you all have a great reading week!

Here are all the important things you need to know for the next Storyhouse workshop!

🗓️ Workshop 4: Wednesday, October 23, at EITHER 10:30AM or 11:30AM, located in room HSB 232 at Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building (1151 Huron Dr) https://goo.gl/maps/YQkQJXZ9KLSXBSzJ9 (HSB 232 is located behind the elevators on the second floor)

🧑‍🔬 This week’s workshop exercise: Present a 2-5 min “shitty first draft” of the story that addresses your primary audience and incorporates narrative theory elements. This week, there’s no preface or precursor needed—we just jump right into the narrative. All the details in the training 👇

🎞️/🎧 The training (video or podcast) for our next workshop is available here: https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/session-4-storycraft

💡 SPECIAL: If you get to the end of the Session 4 training (above) and are still “waiting for inspiration to strike,” this bonus training module includes several “templates” you can use to design the core structure of your narrative: https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/session-4-storycraft

🔎 Exploring ideas? Want to brainstorm? You are welcome to schedule a chat with Emma or connect with anyone on our team to throw ideas around.


🎬 Past examples: Narratives created by previous cohorts of the Storyhouse can be viewed here: https://storyhouse.substack.com

🎭 Check out some of these POVs used by other Storyhouse participants for creative ideas:

Creative soliloquies https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/at-war-with-the-body

Fictionalized first-person narration https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/why-choice-matters-in-housing-first

Non-fictional first-person narration https://open.substack.com/pub/storyhouse/p/grappling-with-real-research

Fictionalized second-person narration https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/late-life-immigrants-place-integration

Personal life experiences https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/third-places-in-precarious-workers

Counterfactual futurism https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/digital-health-dashboards-a-future

Thought experiments https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/2019-report-card-on-canadian-early

Plus so many more… https://storyhouse.substack.com/

🧪 Remember! Storyhouse is a place for trying new things. Find inspiration in past examples, but don’t let them box you. As an interesting exercise, you can try imagining an approach to your narrative that has never been tried before.

💡 Questions?! Anytime! That is what we’re here for! Email [EMAIL ADDRESS] to reach the team.

The Storyhouse team,

Kieran, James, Riley and Emma