Intensive Creative Writing course, Wednesday afternoons in Burlington – Winter session starts Jan 23; spring March 27

“Intensive Creative Writing”

~ An adventure in creative growth ~

Wednesday afternoons, 12:30 to 2:45
at Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario

Winter session:
8 weeks, Jan 23 to March 13, 2013
First set of readings emailed Jan 16

Fee: $132.74 plus 13% hst = $150 Payment in advance by mail or Interac.

Spring session:

12 weeks, March 27 to June 12, 2013
First set of readings emailed March 20
Fee: $181.42 plus 13% hst = $205 Payment in advance by mail or Interac.

This course is for people who are working on their own writing. Over the eight classes, you’ll be asked to bring in four 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 at the start of each class, addressing the needs of the group.

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.

Instructor Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing teacher for more than 25 years. He teaches at Ryerson University and has led writing workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he's helped many of his students get published.

Advance registration only. These courses usually fill up, so enroll early to avoid disappointment.

To reserve a spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Note: A similar course, The Next Step in Creative Writing, is offered on Thursdays, Jan 24 to March 14, during the afternoon in Mississauga (see here) and and in evenings in Georgetown (see here).

See Brian Henry's full schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Kingston, Peterborough, Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Georgetown, Milton, Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Dundas, Kitchener, Guelph, London, Woodstock, Orangeville, Newmarket, Barrie, Gravenhurst, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.