Welcome to Creative Writing
8 weeks of discovering your creative side
Monday
evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.
April
17 – June 19
Appleby
United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington,
Ontario (map here.)
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: $159.29 plus 13% hst = 180
Number
of attendees strictly limited.
Writing Personal Stories
8 weeks of sharing and writing
Thursday
afternoons, 12:45 – 2:45 p.m.
April
27 – June 15, 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
Writing Kid Lit ~ Picture Books to YA
Monday
afternoons, 12:45 – 2:45 p.m. Mississauga
April 10 –
June 19
From picture books to young adult novels, this
weekly course is accessible for beginners and meaty enough for advanced
writers. Through lectures, in-class assignments, homework, and feedback on your
writing, we’ll give you ins and outs of writing for younger readers and set you
on course toward writing your own books.
We’ll
have two published children’s authors as guest speakers:
Sylvia McNicoll is the author of
over thirty books, many of which have garnered awards. Her YA novel Crush.candy.corpse was
shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis YA
Crime Novel of the Year Award,
the Red Maple Award, the Manitoba Young Readers'
Choice Award, and the Snow Willow
Award, as well as being selected as
one of the Ontario Library Association's Best Bets and Resource
Links' Year's Best for 2012.
Most acclaimed, though, are her three middle grade books about fostering guide dogs: Bringing
Up Beauty, Beauty Returns, and A Different Kind of
Beauty which won and were nominated for many children’s choice
awards.
In 2017,
Sylvia launches her new middle grade series The Great Mistake Mysteries
beginning with The Best
Mistake Mystery in January
and The Artsy
Mistake Mystery in
September and finishing with The Snake
Mystery in January
2018.
Kira Vermond is an award-winning
writer with over 1,500 articles to her name. She has been a frequent
contributor to the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, CBC
and Today's Parent.
Kira is the author of
four nonfiction books for young readers: Half-Truths and Brazen Lies, (just
nominated for a 2017 Ontario Library Association (OLA) Silver Birch Award –
read more about Half-Truths here); Why We Live Where We Live (more here);Growing Up: Inside and Out, (nominated
for on OLA Forest of Reading Award), and The Secret Life of Money: A Kid's Guide to Cash (which
was my son’s and daughter’s favourite book the year it came out, although
my kids are four years apart).
Read reviews of Brian’s
courses and workshops here.
Course fee: $176.11 plus 13%
hst = 199
To reserve your
spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Intermediate Creative Writing
Ten weeks towards mastering your craft
Thursday
evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
April 13 –
June 15
St. Alban's
Church, 537 Main Street, Georgetown,
Ontario (in the village of Glen Williams – Map here.)
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
Ten weeks
toward mastering your craft
Tuesday
afternoons, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m.
April 11 – June 13
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
April 11 – June 13
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
This course will give you the chance to work on your writing in an intimate group of fellow writers. It 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. 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. 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: $184.96 plus hst = 209.
To
reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
8 weeks toward mastering your craft
Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
April 12 – May 31
This course will give you the chance to work on your writing with a small group of fellow writers. (No more than 8 or 9 participants; as of March 31, we have 5.) The 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. 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. 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: $184.96 plus hst = 209.
To reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Extreme Creative Writing
12 special weeks with a group of special writers
Wednesday
afternoons, 12:15 – 2:45 p.m.
April 5 –
June 21
Appleby
United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
Now full - waiting list only
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 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. 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: $193.81 plus 13%
hst = 219
To reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
To reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
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.
Brian is the author of a children’s version of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde (Tribute Publishing). But his
proudest boast is that he’s has 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, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland,
Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB,
Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo,
Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
There are so many classes offered these days. Everyone has something to choose from.
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