Last call for “Writing Kid Lit,” “Writing Personal Stories,” and “Enjoying Creative Writing” online courses

Children's author Jennifer Mook-Sang

Note: The “Intensive” and “Extreme” classes are full – but if you’re interested, send me an email and get on the wait list ~Brian

Writing Kid Lit

Picture Books to Young Adult Novels

Online: Monday afternoons, 1 – 3 p.m.
January 15 – March 4 {or to March 11 if it fills up}
Offered online and accessible from anywhere there's internet 

This course is for adults {or teens} interested in writing Picture Books, Chapter Books, Middle Grade books, or Young Adult novels. The 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. If you want to write for kids, this is the course you need to make sure you’re on the right track. 

We'll also have children's author Jennifer Mook-Sang as a guest speaker. Details here. 

Fee: $220.35 plus 13% hst = $259

To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Author Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt

Writing Personal Stories 

 ~ A wealth of writing and sharing

Online: Tuesday afternoons, 1 – 3 p.m.
January 16 – March 5, 2024 (Or to March 12 if the course fills up)
Offered on Zoom and accessible from anywhere there's internet 

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.

Our guest speaker will be Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Peacekeeper’s Daughter. For more details, see here.

Fee: $220.35 plus 13% hst = $259

To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Enjoying Creative Writing

  ~ Develop your creative side

Online: Wednesday evenings 6:30 – 8:30

January 17 – March 6, 2024 {or to March 13 if it fills up} No class Feb 14

This is your chance to take up writing in a warm, supportive environment. This course will open the door to trying different genres and learning different skills, to writing short stories and writing dialogue, writing in first person and writing in third person, writing just for fun and writing all kinds of things. 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.

Fee:  $176.11 plus 13% hst = $199

To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

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See all of Brian’s upcoming weekly writing classes, one-day workshops, and weekend retreats here.