Secrets of Writing a Page-turner
Techniques for
making any story more compelling
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Ever stayed up all night reading a book? In this workshop, you’ll learn
you how to build that kind of tension. And we'll help you put into
practice the techniques professionals use – on every page and in every kind of
story – to create drama and tension.
Fee: 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 paid in
advance by mail or Interac
or 46.90 + 13% hst = 53 if you
wait to pay at the door
Writing with Style
Saturday,
September 24, 2016
10:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
10:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
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: 43.36 + 13% hst = 49 paid in
advance by mail or Interac
or 46.90 + 13% hst = 53 if you
wait to pay at the door
The Canadian Authors Association, Waterloo-Wellington
presents a free seminar and a workshop…
Writing Query Letters That Get a Yes
~ A free seminar ~
Monday, September 26, 2016
~ A free seminar ~
Monday, September 26, 2016
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Tentative
venue: Waterloo Regional Police – North Division Community Room
If you want to get
the attention of an agent or a publisher, you need to craft a good query letter. Using real life examples, this seminar shows you how to do it. There isn’t just one
way to write a successful query, and your query doesn’t have to be perfect; but
it does need to persuade an agent that you’ve got a book that they can
successfully pitch to a publisher.
Attendance
is free, but please let me know you’re coming so I know how many handouts to
bring. Email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Saturday, October 1, 2016
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Accessible to
beginners and meaty enough for experienced writers, this workshop will show
you how to use dialogue to make your stories more dynamic and dramatic.Whether you’re writing fiction or memoir, you need
to be able to write great dialogue that both sounds natural and packs dramatic
punch, and you need to know how to mix your dialogue and narrative so that your
characters come alive. We’ll also take a particular look at the special
needs of writing dialogue for the middle-grade and young adult markets. Come to
this workshop and learn both the basics and the best tricks of the trade.
Read a review of "How to write great
dialogue" here. For more reviews of Brian's weekly courses and
Saturday workshops see here and scroll down.
Fee: 37.17 +
hst = 42 paid
in advance or 39.82 + hst = 45 if
you wait to pay at the door
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.
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See Brian’s current complete schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing
courses in Algonquin Park, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington,
Caledon, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London,
Midland, Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John,
NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Vaughan, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton,
Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA,
Ontario and beyond.
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