9 weeks of discovering your creative
side
Thursday afternoons,
Jan 28 – March 31, 2016 (no class March 16)
12:45 - 2:45
St Cuthbert's Church, 1541 Oakhill Drive, Oakville, Ontario (Map here)
This is your chance to take up writing in a warm, supportive environment. We’ll explore writing fictional stories and writing true stories, writing technique and creativity technique, getting down your very best writing and just for fun writing.
The class has the same format as "Exploring Creative Writing," but we look at different aspects of writing. With either course, you 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.
The class has the same format as "Exploring Creative Writing," but we look at different aspects of writing. With either course, you 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.
158.41 + hst = 179
Writing Personal Stories
Tuesday
afternoons, Feb 2 – March 29
12:45 –
2:45 a.m.
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.
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, and to read reviews of other courses and
workshops, just scroll down.
Fee: 140.71 plus 13% hst = 159
10 weeks of creative growth
Wednesday
evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Jan
20 – March 30 (no class March 16)
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 supportive group and a rewarding class.
Check
out two reviews of the Next Step course here. And see more reviews of
Brian’s courses and workshops here.
Fee: 176.11
+ 13% hst = 199.
Note: I start working out the schedule for when
participants are due to bring in a piece of their writing three weeks before
our start date, so please try to sign up by December 30. In any case, these courses fill up, so enroll early
to avoid disappointment. ~ Brian
Intermediate Creative Writing
10 weeks of creative growth
Thursday evenings, 6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Jan 21 – March 31 (no class March 17)
Jan 21 – March 31 (no class March 17)
St. Alban's Church, 537 Main Street, Georgetown,
Ontario (In the village of Glen Williams (Map here.)
This course 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 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 supportive group and a rewarding class.
Read reviews
of Brian’s courses and workshops here.
Fee: 176.11 + 13% hst = 199.
To reserve your spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca
Note: I start working out the schedule for when participants are due to bring in a piece of their writing three weeks before our start date, so please try to sign up by December 31. In any case, these courses fill up, so enroll early to avoid disappointment. ~ Brian
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8 weeks towards mastering your craft
Wednesday afternoons, 12:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Jan
20 – March 9
This Intensive course 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: 158.71 + 13% hst = 179
Note: I start working out the schedule for when
participants are due to bring in a piece of their writing three weeks before
our start date, so please try to sign up by December 31. In any case, these courses fill up,
so enroll early to avoid disappointment. ~ Brian
Note: Don't ever miss a post on Quick Brown Fox. Fill in your email in the box to the right under my bio, and get each post delivered to your Inbox. ~ Brian
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 Charlottetown. With Cecilia Anca Popescu, he is the co-author of Bloody Christmas, a memoir of the 1989 Romanian Revolution, which is currently under consideration with a literary agent. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors.
See Brian’s full schedule here, including writing
workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon,
Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener,
London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa,
Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto,
Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York,
the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
