BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//CalendarEvent//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1782316291991-3974953071336191@calendarevent
DTSTAMP:20260624T155131Z
SUMMARY:Relatable Writing—Character Identity
LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84105776739?pwd=aOQoXqaHjaXWspLfUA7baS6rE6ma2s.1 Code:841 0577 6739 Password:222578 Phone: Phone2: Password:
DESCRIPTION:\n  \n    \n      Relatable\n        Writing—Character Identity \n    \n  \n\nWhen: Saturday\, February 21\, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm PST\nWhere: Online via Zoom\n\n  The\n    Character Identity Workshop helps writers and editors deepen their\n    understanding of how identity shapes character motivation\, conflict\,\n    and story. Led by diversity educator and author Eliana West\, this\n    interactive session provides writers with tools to create authentic\,\n    multi-dimensional characters that reflect the diversity around us.\n    Through discussion and exercises\, participants explore how race\,\n    class\, gender\, environment\, and lived experience influence how\n    characters see themselves—and how society sees them. \n   \n\n\n  This workshop is\n    ideal for fiction writers and editors of all levels seeking to build\n    inclusive\, believable stories. No prior diversity training is\n    required. Recommended for anyone with basic fiction experience.\n  \n     \n  \n\n\n  \n    After\n      this webinar\, participants should be able to:\n  \n  \n    ● Examine their own creative “default settings” and recognize\n    bias.● Understand how vertical and horizontal identities\n    influence motivation and conflict.● Understand how external\n    factors can impact a character’s identity.● Explore the concept\n    of code-switching.\n\n\n  \n    \n      Eliana West\n    \n    \n      is the founder of Writers for Diversity Workshop and a published\n      romance author whose work centres on inclusion and authentic\n      representation in storytelling. She leads workshops and\n      consultations across the country\, guiding writers toward creating\n      characters and worlds that reflect the richness of human\n      experience. Through her workbook\, Relatable Writing\,\n      Eliana has helped hundreds of writers build confidence in writing\n      diverse characters and inclusive stories with care\, respect\, and creativity.\n  \n
PRIORITY:3
LANGUAGE:EN
ATTENDEE;CN=coordinator@editorsbc.ca:mailto:coordinator@editorsbc.ca
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260221T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260221T120000
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR