“Writing
Personal Stories 101”
~ A
class dedicated to the pleasures of writing your stories & insights
Online: Tuesday
afternoons, 1 – 3 p.m.
July 2 –
Aug 13, 2024
Offered on Zoom and accessible from anywhere there's internet
If you've ever considered writing your personal stories, this course
is for you. We’ll look at memoirs, travel writing, personal essays,
family history ~ personal stories of all kinds. Plus, of course, we’ll
work on creativity and writing technique and have fun doing it.
Whether
you're writing a book or just get your thoughts down on paper, this weekly
course will get you going. We'll reveal the tricks and conventions of
telling true stories, and we’ll show you how to use the techniques of
the novel to recount actual events. Weekly writing exercises and
friendly feedback from the instructor will help you move forward on this
writing adventure. Whether you want to write for your family and friends or for
a wider public, don't miss this course.
We’ll also
have a published author as a guest speaker.
Fee: $212.39
plus 13% hst = $240
To reserve
your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
“Writing Little Kid Lit”
Board
Books, Picture Books & Middle Grade Books
Online: Wednesday
evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.
July 3 – Aug 14, 2024
Offered on Zoom and accessible from anywhere there's internet
This course
is for adults {or
teens} interested in writing board books, picture books, Chapter Books, or
Middle Grade books. This course is accessible for beginners and meaty enough
for advanced writers. Through lectures, in-class assignments, homework, and
feedback on your writing, we’ll give you ins and outs of writing for younger
readers and set you on course toward writing your own books.
We’ll also
have a published author as a guest speaker for this course.
Fee: $212.39
plus 13% hst = $240
To reserve
your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
“Intensive
Creative Writing”
Offered online at 2 different times:
Tuesday evenings 6:30 – 9:00
July 2 – August 13, 2024 (extending to Aug 20 if it fills up).
First readings emailed June 25.
And
Wednesday afternoons, 12:30 – 3:00
July 3 – August 14, 2024 (extending to Aug 21 if it fills up).
First readings emailed June 26
Intensive
Creative Writing isn't for beginners; it's for people who are
working on their own writing projects. You’ll be asked to bring in several
pieces of your writing for detailed feedback. All your pieces may be from the
same work, such as a novel in progress, or they may be stand-alone pieces. You
bring whatever you want to work on.
Besides critiquing pieces, the instructor will give short lectures
addressing the needs of the group, and in addition to learning how to critique
your own work and receiving constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll
discover that the greatest benefits come from seeing how your classmates
approach and critique a piece of writing and how they write and re-write. This
is a challenging course, but extremely rewarding.
Fee: $247.79 + hst = $280
To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Instructor Brian Henry has been a
book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He
publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada's most popular blog for writers, taught
creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)
and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to
Saint John. Brian is the author of a children's version of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde (Tribute Publishing). But his proudest boast
is that he has helped many of his students get published.
Read
reviews and other pieces about or inspired by Brian's writing courses,
workshops, and retreats here (and scroll
down).
See all of Brian’s upcoming one-day workshops, weekly writing classes, and
weekend retreats here.
