Next Step and Intensive Creative Writing courses starting soon in Oakville, Toronto, Georgetown, and Burlington

The Next Step in Creative Writing

Ten weeks of creative growth

Thursday afternoons, April 12 – June 14, 2018
12:30 – 2:45 p.m.

First readings emailed April 5

Woodside Branch of the Oakville Public Library, 1274 Rebecca St, Oakville, Ontario (Map here)

The Next Step in Creative Writing 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.
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 challenging course, but extremely rewarding.

Fee: 176.11 + 13% hst = 199.  

To reserve a spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca 

Intensive Creative Writing

Ten weeks towards becoming a better writer

Offered in three locations:

Friday mornings, 10:15 – 12:45, April 6 – June 15

First readings emailed March 31

Glenview Church, Bethlehem Room, 1 Glenview Ave,  Toronto, Ontario (Map here.)

And

Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m., April 11 – June 14

first readings emailed April 4

St. Alban's Church, 537 Main Street, Georgetown, Ontario (in the village of Glen Williams – Map here.)
And

Tuesday afternoons, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m., April 10 – June 11

first readings emailed April 3

Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.)

Note: The Tuesday afternoon class in Burlington may be full; but email if you’re interested, because a spot may open up.

Intensive Creative Writing 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. 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. 

Besides critiquing pieces, the instructor will give short lectures 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 challenging course, but extremely rewarding.

Fee: $176.11 + 13% hst = $199

To reserve your spot, 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 a review of Brian's various courses and workshops here (and scroll down).

See Brian’s complete current schedule here,  including writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats 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.