Your Raw Radiant Imagination

Write a Ten-Minute Play

The next playwriting workshop will be held in the St.Catherines area on Oct. 17 & Oct 24.  For full details visit www.wipt.ca and download their 2009 brochure. 

Join Dominik Loncar as he takes you through a series of playful activities that add greater spark and depth to your playwriting skills. Enjoy a creative writing workshop that takes you to another level.

Part 1: Preparation - The artist prepares before creating their art. Playwrights especially need to clear their internal editor before writing. This workshop focuses on creating a system to enter the realm of the subconscious, where all great works of art stem.

Part 2: Incubation - "How to begin?" is a question many playwrights ask. In this workshop we get you moving and thinking in imaginative ways for you to write a first rough draft of your play. You may not know where you're going but you'll be inspired to keep on exploring.

Part 3: Illumination - A Writer's block is the soul's way in saying you're not playful enough in discovering your truth. In this stage you will further examine how to foster playful approaches to your play and go deeper into your characters' psyche.

Part 4: Verification - At this point we allow the "editor in you" to come out. But only for a while. We turn our attention in this workshop on effective editing techniques for your play and ways to strengthen the dramatic effect of your characters.
 

The concepts learned can be applied to any form of playwriting even though we focus on the ten-minute play.

Are you ready? Surprise yourself.

These workshops are suitable for both the beginner and seasoned writer. All are welcomed. Please bring a notebook and pen and wear comfortable clothing.

Dominik Loncar is the Artistic Director of the Inspirato Festival (http://www.inspiratofestival.ca//), Toronto's Ten-Minute Play Festival, now entering its forth season. Dominik has had seven of his plays produced (6 ten-minute plays) and was interviewed for his play, The Glory Café, on CBC's Metro Morning. He has held playwriting workshops since 2004 and has designed and facilitated a playwriting workshop for The Freedom Writers Program, a high school program geared towards youth with barriers.

Thrive in an atmosphere of creativity and fun (what others have said):

"You were one of the finest mentors/instructors/dramaturgs I have ever worked with (and I have worked with a few!)" -T. G.

"Dominik fanned the flames of creativity for me in his workshops and got me thinking in new ways. By being with other writers, I was able to come up with an idea and bring it to completion. I was thrilled." - M. L.