R. P. MacIntyre

Readings

Rod is a high energy performer who typically begins his sessions by disclosing some personal history in an attempt to explain why he is a writer, then moves into a reading usually asking his audience to "guess which parts are real and which parts are 'just made up'". He talks about what goes into making a book and/or movie then does a Q & A with the students. He then closes by reading all or part of a story for his audience.

Special Equipment:

None, but Rod prefers that he face the main entrance and that there are seats for all students.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed, if requested.

Workshops

Workshop is interactive and focuses on elements that are essential for making a story. This is a forty minute workshop. Longer, eighty minutes, includes character and plot development. Essential Parts of Story. Ask that groups be age-homogenous.

Special Equipment:

Blackboard/whiteboard or writing stand with writing/erasing materials.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed, if requested.

Biography

In 1983 Rod quit driving cab, bought a computer and committed to full-time writing. Although he once worked as an actor and director, he is now primarily a fiction writer and editor. He has written six books and edited more than thirty others. He travels extensively performing readings and presenting workshops. He is currently acquisitions editor for Thistledown Press’ YA fiction. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1947 and makes his home in La Ronge, SK. He holds an Honours BA, English and Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, 1970.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
Essential Parts of Story workshop is available to all. Keynote address Writing What You Know is also available to all.