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Lana Starchuck

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Born in Saskatchewan. Studied in Montreal. Based in Toronto.

I am a writer, editor and creative producer based in Toronto, Canada. I am a contributor at LiisBeth, and host and producer of The Fine Print, a conversation series with contemporary feminist authors, in the Feminist Enterprise Commons.

My writing has appeared in Geist, Little Bird Stories: Volumes I and II, Taddle Creek, and ELLE Canada. I was shortlisted for the 2016 ReLit awards, longlisted for the 2014 CBC Short Story Prize, and won the Random House of Canada Creative Writing Award at the University of Toronto in 2012.

Moving Parts (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015) is my first book.

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Lana Starchuck If I'm stuck I'll use a writing prompt. I keep a few of Sarah Selecky's stashed away for that very purpose. Or, Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bo…moreIf I'm stuck I'll use a writing prompt. I keep a few of Sarah Selecky's stashed away for that very purpose. Or, Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones has a few juicy prompts like: Write down "I remember..." and write until the scene ends. Repeat. If that gets tired, switch it up to "I don't remember..."

Go for a walk. On the walk, choose a colour, say, blue. Notice everything that is that colour. It will clear your mind. Come back and write down a list "Thing that are blue".

Pick a letter. Set a timer for six minutes. Write down all the words that you can think of that start with that letter. A great warm up exercise that can be used as a prompt. When the timer stops, set it again, this time for ten minutes. Write a scene using three of the words from the list. (less)

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	Moving Parts 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Bird Stories Volume II by Nikki Vogel (Goodreads Author), Lana Starchuck (Goodreads Author), Frances Phillips 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Bird Stories, Volume 1 by Jessica Westhead (Introduction), Lana Starchuck (Goodreads Author), Mary Valencia it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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