Weekly classes this fall in Burlington: The Next Step in Creative Writing and two offerings of Intensive Creative Writing

The Next Step in Creative Writing

10 weeks of creative growth

Fall session

Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Sept 30 – Dec 2, 2015

Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)

Note: The Next Step in Creative Writing will also be offered on Thursday evenings in Georgetown. For details or to register, email me at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

The Next Step in Creative Writing will challenge you to take a step up in your writing. Over the ten weeks of classes, you’ll be asked to bring in five 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 class, addressing the needs of the group, and 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 supportive group and a rewarding class.

Check out two reviews of the Next Step course here. And see more reviews of Brian’s courses and workshops here.

Fee: 176.11 + 13% hst = 199.  

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

Note: I start working out the schedule for when participants are due to bring in a piece of their writing three weeks before our start date, so please try to sign up by September 9. In any case, these courses fill up, so enroll early to avoid disappointment. ~ Brian

Intensive Creative Writing

12 weeks towards mastering your craft

Offered in two time slots this fall:

Tuesday afternoons, 12:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Sept 15 – Dec 8, 2015

Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)

Or

Wednesday afternoons, 12:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Sept 16 – Dec 9

Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)

This Intensive course isn't for beginners; it's for people who have been writing for a while or who have done a course or two before and are working on their own projects. Over the twelve weeks of classes, you’ll be asked to bring in six 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 addressing the needs of the group, and 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.

Check out a review of the Intensive course here. More reviews here.

Fee: 193.81 + 13% hst = 219

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

Note: I start working out the schedule for when participants are due to bring in a piece of their writing three weeks before our start date, so please try to sign up by August 25. In any case, these courses fill up, so enroll early to avoid disappointment. ~ Brian

Instructor 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 Algonquin Park, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara on the Lake, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.