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Fire in Writing: Writing with searing authenticity.

Ken Wylie, Author, Speaker, Mountain Guide

Ken has been certified with the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA) (R) and holds a BPE in Adventure Education. He is the author of Buried 2020 which metabolizes and makes meaning of his adventures to intentionally navigate through the difficulties and realities of a terrible mountain tragedy he participated in as an apprentice guide. He has held faculty positions at Thompson Rivers University and Mount Royal University in their respective outdoor programs.

Ken has used his mountain experience to become a human hazard management innovator. His organization Archetypal’s focus, is to help individuals gain awareness of how they are showing up to make critical decisions. His tools help in the recognition and encourage a shift from limiting human efforts that arise from shadow, to expansive actions made from a higher set of values that foster better outcomes.

Talk Themes

Fire and friction
The adventure in writing (Write about something you are terrified to share)
Author Archetypes (Victim/Hero, Narcissist/ Caregiver)
Consequences of safe writing? Question to the group
Managing fear (fear as a reminder to be careful)
Fiction and non-fiction
Writing and Reading books: Arms-length versus Vulnerable Engagement. Can we see and own our failures by viewing the failures of the protagonist? Write for the person who can do this.
Book Link

https://www.archetypal.ca/store/p/buried-2020-gbsze

To read Keith Liggett’s book review, https://powdercanada.com/2015/01/buried-forced-exercise-listening/

Archetypal link

https://www.archetypal.ca/

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