What makes a character queer? And how do you create a queer character who feels alive, truthful, and real rather than stereotypical or tokenistic? In this workshop we’ll explore what queerness can mean on the page, and how it can shape character, desire, conflict, and point of view.
❓What: fiction writing
📅Date and time: Saturday 14 March; 15:00 to 17:30
📍Venue: Pianofabriek, Rue du Fort 35, 1060 Saint-Gilles
💰Price: €25 Eur (non-member) €20 Eur (member)
You’ll leave with practical tools and increased confidence to write queer characters with depth and nuance, and to approach (queer) storytelling with greater care and creative freedom.
We’ll combine discussion, short examples, and guided writing exercises that help you challenge assumptions, generate new material, and test ideas quickly on the page.
No prior experience or specialist knowledge is needed. Open to (fiction) writers of all backgrounds and levels. You definitely don’t need to identify as queer to take part, but you do need to bring curiosity, openness, and respect. The workshop will be in English.
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The price of the workshop is €25 and €20 for members (read more about membership). Our bank account details are: Wordcraft Collective; BE27 0019 5813 6673.
Sign up by making the payment and filling in the sign-up form. For additional information email us on info@wordcraft-collective.eu.
In the case that there are fewer than 6 participants enrolled for the workshop, we reserve the right to cancel. We will undertake to inform all enrolled participants of the cancellation. In this case, we will refund all participants the full amount of their fees paid.
Roland Papp
Roland Papp is a Brussels-based journalist with a keen interest in reading and writing stories featuring queer characters.
Len Buggenhout
Len Buggenhout is a freelance journalist and the editor of Chasing the Rainbow, a magazine about Pride.