OUT OF OUR MINDS (& onto the page)

Always wanted to tell stories but are terrified you’ll suck at it? Already writing, but want to explore deeper characters, more evocative description, and more intense action? Interested in translating your performance arts to the page?

OUT OF OUR MINDS (& onto the page) is the perfect workshop to get those creative storytelling juices flowing. Over 6 Saturdays, we’ll play with improv games and prompted writing exercises to help you make writing spontaneous and freewheeling. Thinking is overthinking, so we’re going to remove the pressure to get it right by simply playing with whatever comes. No preparation. No homework. No inhibitions.

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

TO REGISTER: Early-bird pricing of $200 (+ HST) ends June 14 when prices rise to $250 (+HST). 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, as well as a seasoned science and medicine writer.  He regularly teaches screenwriting at George Brown College and formerly taught at Raindance in Toronto. Through his company So, What’s Your Story?, story specialist and storytelling evangelist Randall helps clients bring life to their visions and breath to their unique voices. He also routinely judges screenplays and films for film festivals across North America.

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 a fully improvised life.