Intensive Creative Writing in Burlington: spring session starts March 27; summer June 25

“Intensive Creative Writing”

~ An adventure in creative growth ~

At Appleby United Church

4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario

Spring session:

12 weeks, Wednesday afternoons

March 27 to June 12, 2013
12:15 to 2:45
First set of readings emailed March 20
~ Waiting list only ~
Fee: $181.42 plus 13% hst = $205 

Summer session:
8 weeks, Tuesday afternoons

June 25 – Aug 13, 2013

12:15 to 2:45
First set of readings emailed June 18
~ Spaces still available ~

Fee: $132.74 plus 13% hst = $150 

This course is for people who are working on their own writing. Every other week, you’ll be asked to submit a piece 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 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: Intensive Creative Writing is also offered on Wednesday evenings, March 27 to June 12 in Mississauga. See here.

A similar course, The Next Step in Creative Writing, is offered on Thursdays, April 4 to June 20, during the afternoon in Mississauga (see here) and and in evenings in Georgetown (see here).

See Brian'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, Orillia, Gravenhurst, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.