Weekly creative writing courses starting soon

“Exploring Creative Writing”

Eight weeks of discovering your creative side

Summer session

Thursday afternoons, June 27 – August 15, 2013

1 – 3 p.m.

Appleby United Church

4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)

This is your chance to take up writing in a warm, supportive environment. This course will open the door to all kinds of creative writing. We’ll visit short story writing, children’s writing, and just for fun writing. 

You’ll get a shot of inspiration every week and an assignment to keep you going till the next class. Best of all, this class will provide a zero-pressure, totally safe setting, where your words will grow and flower.

Fee: $115.04 plus 13% hst = $130

Number of attendees strictly limited.

To reserve your spot, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

“Intensive Creative Writing”

~ An adventure in creative growth ~

The summer sessions (Tuesday afternoons in Burlington and Thursday evening in Mississauga, starting the last week of June) are fully subscribed, but there's a good chance a spot will open up in the Mississauga class. To get on the waiting list for either, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Fall session: September 18 – December 4
First readings emailed Sept 11

Offered in two locales:

Wednesday afternoons, 12:15 – 2:45

Appleby United Church

4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington (Map here)

And

Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.

Sheridan United Church, 2501 Truscott Drive, Mississauga (Map here.)

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.  This is a challenging course, but extremely rewarding.

Fee: $181.42 plus 13% hst = $205 

To register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca 

“The Next Step in Creative Writing”

~ 12 weeks of creative growth ~

Fall session: September 26 – December 12

First set of readings emailed Sept 19

Offered in two locales:

Thursday afternoons, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Unity Church, 3075 Ridgeway Drive, Unit 8, Mississauga (Map here)

And

Thursday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.

St. Alban's Church, 537 Main Street,  Georgetown (in the village of Glen Williams. It's the 2nd church on your right after the bend – Map here.)

This course will challenge you to take a step up in your writing. The format will be similar to the "Intensive" course, but with less reading between classes each week, leaving you with more writing time.

Fee: $181.42 plus 13% hst = $205 

To register, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca 

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.

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, Bracebridge, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.