Events & Workshops


Event Type
Workshop

Start: April 22, 2025 - 7:00 pm
To: 8:30 pm (SK Time)
Location
Online via Zoom
Contact
Cat Abenstein - Program Manager
306-791-7746
swgevents@skwriter.com
Start: April 22, 2025 - 7:00 pm
To: 8:30 pm (SK Time)

Where Pen Meets Pixel: Writing for Video Games with Tonia Laird

Please note all times listed are Saskatchewan time. Find your time zone here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter

 

This workshop will not be recorded.

 

This workshop is in partnership with the Regina Public Library for their Writes of Spring programming, a month-long celebration of writers and readers.

 

This program is conducted through Zoom. Register through the RPL website to receive a reminder, the evaluation and any resource materials or just click the link to join:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81088768659?pwd=E3HtfXg3plTQW3gmBbHUQhbRcbJ3sn.1

 

Please note: anyone with a valid Saskatchewan library card (from all regional libraries) can register for these programs. The direct Zoom link is provided above in the event you do not have a valid Saskatchewan library card and cannot register. Where possible, please register.

 

Where Pen Meets Pixel: Writing for Video Games

 

This workshop discusses the different roles of writers in AAA (high-profile games produced by mid-sized to large publishers) and mobile video games and what companies look for in portfolios. The workshop will also include how to write a quest with branching dialogue from start to finish using the browser app, Twine.

 

Tonia Laird is a Métis writer from Treaty 6 territory. Her work is included in multiple publications including literary magazines, fantasy and comic book anthologies, and video games Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition, mobile game, Everlove: Rose, and the interactive novel, Poster Girl. Her first novel, Seventhblade, is due to be released in June, 2025 by ECW Press. Tonia's most recent stint in video games was as a Lorekeeper and world-builder at Thought Pennies Entertainment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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