“Writing
Your Life & Other True Stories”
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An eight-week adventure in writing ~
Tuesday afternoons, 12:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Jan 21 – March 11, 2014
Appleby
United Church
If you've ever considered writing your
memoirs, your family history or just getting your thoughts down on paper, this
weekly course will get you going.
We'll reveal the tricks and conventions of telling
true stories. We’ll introduce you to introduce you to historical research and
how to use the archives - and the archivists - to assist you in researching
your family. And we’ll show you how to use the techniques of the
novel to recount actual events.
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 or for a wider public, don't miss this
course.
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.
Number
of attendees strictly limited.
Fee: $115.04 plus 13% hst = $130
See
Brian Henry's schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing
courses in Kingston, Peterborough, Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Bolton,
Caledon, Georgetown, Milton, Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines,
Hamilton, Dundas, Kitchener, Guelph, London, Woodstock, Orangeville, Newmarket,
Barrie, Orillia, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA, Ontario and
beyond.
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