Writing Personal Stories
8 weeks of
sharing and writing
Wednesday
mornings, May 4 – June 22, 2016
9:30 –
11:30 a.m.
If you've
ever considered writing your personal stories, this
course is for you. We’ll look at memoirs, travel writing, personal essays,
family history ~ personal stories of all kinds. Plus, of course, we’ll
work on creativity and writing technique and have fun doing it.
Whether
you want to write a book or just get 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 and friends or for
a wider public, don't miss this course.
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
Saint John. With Cecilia Anca Popescu, he is the co-author of Bloody
Christmas, a memoir of the
1989 Romanian Revolution, which is currently under consideration with a
literary agent. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his
students get published.
Read reviews of the Writing Personal Stories course here, and to read reviews of other courses and workshops, see here, and just scroll down.
Fee: 140.71
plus 13% hst = 159
To reserve
your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
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See Brian’s full schedule here, including
writing workshops, writing retreats, and creative writing courses
in Algonquin Park, Alton, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon,
Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener,
London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa,
Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto,
Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York,
the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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