Welcome to Creative
Writing
Ten weeks of
discovering your creative side
Thursday
afternoons, 12:45 – 2:45
September 28 – November 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.
Fee: $167.26 plus 13% hst = 189
Fee: $167.26 plus 13% hst = 189
Writing Personal
Stories
8 weeks of sharing
and writing
Wednesday
evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.
September
27 – November 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.
Read reviews
of the Writing Personal Stories course here.
Fee: $159.29 plus 13% hst = 180
Number of attendees strictly limited.
Writing Kid Lit ~
Picture Books to Young Adult
Thursday mornings, 9:45 – 11:45
a.m.
October 5 – November 30, 2017
Woodside Branch of the Oakville Public Library, 1274
Rebecca St, Oakville, Ontario (Map here)
Brian also offers Writing for Children & for
Young Adult workshops on Saturdays. See here (and scroll down).
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 novel for
young people. Her most acclaimed books are her three middle grade novels
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 launched 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.
Jennifer Mook-Sang started the story that grew into her humorous middle-grade novel Speechless, in one of Brian Henry's classes. Published
by Scholastic in 2015, Speechless won the Surrey Schools Book of the Year Award, was
shortlisted for many other awards, and was recommended by the Ontario Library
Association, the Canadian Childrens’ Book Centre, the CBC, and the TD Summer
Reading Club.
Jennifer’s spent the past year giving numerous school and library
presentations and meeting her many young readers. In October, just
in time for her to bring copies to our class, Jennifer's picture book Captain Monty Takes the Plunge will be released by Kids Can Press.
Course fee: $176.11 plus 13% hst = 199
To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
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The Next Step in
Creative Writing
Ten weeks towards
becoming a better writer
Tuesday
afternoons, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Classes run Sept 26 – Nov 28; first
readings emailed Sept 19
This course 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.
In addition to learning how to critique your own
writing and receiving constructive suggestions about your writing, you’ll
discover that your greatest growth as a writer comes from critiquing other
people’s work and form seeing how your classmates approach and critique a piece
of writing and how they write and re-write. This is the course you want if
you're ready to seriously improve your writing.
Fee: $176.11
+ 13% hst = 199
To reserve your spot
now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Intensive Creative Writing
Ten special weeks with a group of
special writers
Offered
in two locales:
Monday mornings, 10:15 a.m. –
12:15 p.m.
Classes run Sept 25 – Dec 4; first
readings emailed Sept 18
Glenview Church, Bethelhem Room, 1 Glenview Ave, Toronto, Ontario. (Map here)
And
Thursday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Classes run Sept 28 – Dec 7; first
readings emailed Sept 21
St. Alban's Church, 537 Main Street, Georgetown, Ontario (in the
village of Glen Williams (Map here.)
The Intensive
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 helpful critiques, and who are working on their own
projects.
During 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.
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: $176.11
+ 13% hst = 199
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.
Classes run Sept 20 – Dec 13; first readings emailed Sept 13
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)
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 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.
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