Discipline Category: Writing and Publishing

Struggling to find the "write" words? Perhaps you know what you want to say, but you can’t think of what to write. Or, maybe you don’t even know where to start. Your tone and how you present yourself matter, no matter what kind of creative you are, read on for some tips.

Mentorship pair Seyward Goodhand and Amelia Deizter-Dicks took part in our 2021/2022 Professional Mentorship Program. Their focus was on creative writing. Amelia worked on writing short fiction stories and incorporating Seyward’s feedback into every new draft. They also worked on submitting Amelia’s stories to a number of journals and magazines. And attended book launches and networking events for writers together.

Shawna Forester Smith is a chronically ill and disabled Ojibwe artist and writer living in a chronic care unit at Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg.