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Literary Training Workshops<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

At Laboratorio de Letras, we believe in the written word as a form of creation, thought, and transformation. Our literary workshops create spaces where people of all ages and backgrounds can explore writing, develop their own voice, and share their stories in an environment of respect and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the guidance of writers, teachers, and artists, we offer sessions that combine technique and reflection to encourage mindful, expressive, and meaningful writing. Each workshop is an invitation to think about the world through literature and to become part of a vibrant community centered around letters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Literary Workshop \u2013 August 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dates:<\/strong> Friday, August 29 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) and Saturday, August 30 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)
Location:<\/strong> Municipal Theater (Bel\u00e9n de Umbr\u00eda, Risaralda, Colombia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This August, at Laboratorio de Letras, we invite you to take part in an intensive narrative workshop in Bel\u00e9n de Umbr\u00eda, led by Alejandro S\u00e1nchez, a renowned Colombian writer and editor. Over two sessions, we will explore the sources that nourish creative writing and the essential elements that structure a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 1: Sources of narrative creation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Friday, August 29 - 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will explore the internal sources (autobiography, personal testimony) and external sources (tradition, history, metafiction) that a writer can draw on when creating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 2: The composition framework, or the elements of a short story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, August 30 - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An exploration of the common elements present in every narrative: a narrator or narrators, events or actions, characters, a setting, and a specific time or moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop Instructor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alejandro S\u00e1nchez.<\/strong> Author of the short story collection Canasta familiar<\/em> (2023, Isa\u00edas Pe\u00f1a National Short Story Book Award) and the poetry collections Tierra del fuego<\/em> (2024, Eduardo Cote Lamus National Poetry Award) and Aguas adentro<\/em> (2025, National Poetry Award for Unpublished Work). His texts have been published in various poetry and short fiction anthologies in Colombia and abroad. As an editor, he has contributed to the Poes\u00eda completa<\/em> anthologies of \u00c1lvaro Miranda and Mery Yolanda S\u00e1nchez, published by the publishing imprint of the Instituto Caro y Cuervo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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