Intensive Creative Writing courses offered this summer on Tuesday afternoons & Wednesday evenings in Burlington

Intensive Creative Writing

... offered this fall in Burlington, Georgetown and Toronto, see here.

Eight weeks towards becoming a better writer

Offered at two times:

Tuesday afternoons, 12:30 – 2:45 p.m.

 July 3 – Aug 21
first readings emailed June 26

Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.) – There may be space in this course. Email me soon if you're interested.

And

Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.

 July 4 – Aug 22
first readings emailed June 27
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave, Burlington, Ontario (Map here.) – Definitely still space in this one. Email me before they fill up.

There's also an Introductory course offered this summer. See here.

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 eight weeks of classes, 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. 

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. 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).

Note: Brian is also offering an introductory creative writing course this summer. Details here.

See Brian’s complete current schedule here, including writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.