Online “Writing
Personal Stories”
~ A weekly
class dedicated to the pleasures of writing your stories & insights
Tuesday
afternoons, 1 – 3 p.m.
July 8 –
Aug 19, 2025
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.
We’ll also
have a published author as a guest speaker for this course.
Fee: $220.35 plus 13% hst = $259
To reserve
your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Online “Writing Kid
Lit”
~ Picture Books to Young Adult Novels
Wednesday
evenings, 7 – 9 p.m.,
July 2 – August 13 {or to Aug 20 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. This 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 a published children’s author as a
guest speaker.
Fee: $220.35 plus 13% hst
= $259
To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Online “Intensive
Creative Writing”
Offered at 2 different times:
Wednesday
afternoons 12:30 –
3:00
First readings emailed June 25.
July 2 – August 13 (or Aug 20 if it fills up)
Tuesday
evenings 6:30 – 9:00
First readings emailed July
2.
Classes: July 8 – August 19
Intensive Creative Writing isn't for beginners; it's for
people who are working on their own writing projects. You’ll be asked to bring
in several 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, such as short stories or essays. 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: $256.64 + hst = $290
To reserve your spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
In-person “Intensive
Creative Writing”
~ For more experienced writers
Thursday afternoons, 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
First readings emailed September
11, 2025.
Classes: Sept 18 – Nov 27 (or to Dec 4 or 11, adding one or two more
classes, depending if the course fills up. No class Oct 2 or Oct 23).
Burlington Anglican Lutheran Church, 3455 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, Ontario
(Map here)
Intensive
Creative Writing isn't for beginners; it's for
people who are working on their own writing projects. You’ll be asked to bring
in several 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, such as short stories or essays.
You bring whatever you want to work on. Besides critiquing pieces, we’ll have discussions on topics of interest
to the class. 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: $292.04 + hst = $330
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, taught
creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan 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 has helped many of his
students get published.
Read reviews and other pieces about Brian's various courses and
workshops here (and scroll
down).
See all of Brian’s upcoming one-day workshops, weekly
writing classes, and weekend retreats here.
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