“Writing
Your Life & Other Personal Stories”
July
8 – Aug 12, 2014
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, 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 or
for a wider public, don't miss this course.
Fee: 105.31
+ 13% hst = 119
Number
of attendees strictly limited.
“Writing
with Style”
~ A creativity workout ~
~ A creativity workout ~
Saturday,
July 12, 2014
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Collingwood Public Library, 55 Ste. Marie Street, Collingwood, (Map here)
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Collingwood Public Library, 55 Ste. Marie Street, Collingwood, (Map here)
If
you do any kind of creative writing, fiction
or nonfiction, this workshop is for you. We’ll tackle the nitty-gritty of
putting words on paper in a way that will grip the reader’s imagination. You'll
learn how to avoid common errors that drain the life from your prose. And
you'll discover how to make your writing more vivid, more elegant and more
powerful.
Fee: 34.51 + 13% hst = 39 paid in advance by mail or
Interac
or 37017 + 13% hst = 42 if you wait to pay at the door
or 37017 + 13% hst = 42 if you wait to pay at the door
“How to Write Great Characters”
Offered in
two locales:
Saturday, July 19
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Caledon East Branch of Caledon Public Library
6500 Old Church Road (Regional Road 22), Caledon East (Map here.)
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Caledon East Branch of Caledon Public Library
6500 Old Church Road (Regional Road 22), Caledon East (Map here.)
Fee: 44.25 + 13% hst = 50 paid in advance
or 48.67 + 13% hst = 55 at the door
or 48.67 + 13% hst = 55 at the door
Fee
includes a light lunch of pizza and salad.
And
Fee: 34.51 + 13% hst = 39 paid in advance
or 37017 + 13% hst = 42 if you wait to pay at the door
or 37017 + 13% hst = 42 if you wait to pay at the door
Whatever you're writing –
fiction or nonfiction – readers will care about your story only if they care
about your people. In this workshop, you'll learn techniques for creating
fictional characters and depicting real people. You’ll learn how to breathe
life into the page so that your characters start telling you how the story
should go.
Workshop
leader 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, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University and
has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to
Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get
their first book published and launch their careers as authors.
See Brian's full
schedule here, including
writing workshops and creative writing courses in Barrie, Brampton, Bolton,
Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, London,
Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara on the Lake, Orillia, Oakville,
Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Stouffville, Sudbury, Toronto, Halton,
Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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