Exploring Creative
Writing
10 weeks of discovering your creative side
Thursday
afternoons, 12:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Jan 26 – March 30, 2017
This is your chance to take up
writing in a warm, supportive
environment. This course will open the door to
all kinds of creative writing. We’ll visit short story writing and children’s
writing, writing in first person and in third person, and writing just for fun.
You’ll get a shot of inspiration every week and an assignment to keep you going
till the next class. Best of all, this class will provide a zero-pressure,
totally safe setting, where your words will grow and flower.
Note: For a pair of reviews of Brian’s introductory
creative writing classes, see here, and see
other reviews here.
Fee: $167.26 plus 13% hst = 189
Number of attendees strictly limited.
To reserve your
spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Writing Personal
Stories
8 weeks of sharing and writing
Thursday
mornings, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Feb
9 – March 30, 2017
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.
Fee: $159.29 plus 13% hst = 180
Number of attendees strictly limited.
To reserve your
spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Intermediate
Creative Writing
Ten weeks towards mastering your craft
Wednesday
evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Begins by email Jan 11, classes run Jan 18 – March 22
Begins by email Jan 11, classes run Jan 18 – March 22
This
course isn't for beginners; it's for people
who have been writing for a while or who have done a class or two before
and are working on their own projects. Over
the length of the course, 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.
Number of attendees strictly limited.
Fee: $184.96 plus hst = 209.
To reserve your spot now,
email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Intensive Creative
Writing
Offered in two locales
Tuesday afternoons, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Course begins by email Jan 24, classes run Jan 31 – March 28
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
Course begins by email Jan 24, classes run Jan 31 – March 28
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
Fee: $167.26
plus hst = 189.
And
Thursday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Begins by email Jan 12, classes run
Jan 19 – March 23
St. Alban's Church, 537 Main
Street, Georgetown, Ontario (in the village of Glen Williams (Map here.)
Fee: $184.96 plus hst = 209.
The 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. These classes will be smaller than either the Intermediate of
Extreme courses, with a maximum of ten or twelve participants and will require
a little more writing from you than the Intermediate course. In the eight-week
course on Tuesday afternoons, you’ll be asked to bring in four pieces of your
writing for detailed feedback; five pieces for the ten-week Thursday evening course.
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. 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.
To reserve your spot now,
email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Extreme
Creative Writing
8 special weeks with a group of special writers
Wednesday
afternoons, 12:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Begins by email Jan 18, classes run Jan 25 – March 15
Appleby United Church, 4407
Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
The Extreme course is for experienced writers; people who have been working on their craft for a while, who have some experience in the art of giving truly helpful critiques, and who are working on their own projects. During course, you’ll be asked to bring in four 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. 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.
The Extreme course is for experienced writers; people who have been working on their craft for a while, who have some experience in the art of giving truly helpful critiques, and who are working on their own projects. During course, you’ll be asked to bring in four 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. 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.
Fee: $167.26 plus 13% hst = 189
To reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
To reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Number of attendees strictly limited.
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. But his proudest boast is that he's helped many of his students get published.
Read reviews of Brian’s courses and
workshops here.
See
Brian’s complete current schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses
in Algonquin Park, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington,
Caledon, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Newmarket, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St.
John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton,
Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and
beyond.
I need an on-line course I can do from the snowbanks of Manitoulin. The above all sound so impressive.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I work and can't make these times. However, there's online courses aplenty at Sheridan College, U of T, and many other colleges and uni's in Ontario.
ReplyDeleteI'd love something of Brian's online because he's only been to Windsor briefly.I went to Guelph to attend another workshop and just wish there was something nearer.
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