Writing Courses
Fall 2008
 
 
 
 
 
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Writing Double Meaning: Using techniques of poetry in writing fiction Marilyn Bowering Saturday Sept 27th 9am -12pm, $50 Marilyn Bowering will take you through an experiment—an attempt to generate a novel outline by applying poetry techniques to a piece of apparently virtueless prose. Please bring an imaginative and open mind,  writing paper and pens and no more than a half page in length of undistinguished prose. If you have a fabulous idea for a novel bring that instead.  Feel the Energy: A Poetry Workshop for Youth 12- 18yrs Natasha Jmieff Sept 30 - Nov 25 (not Nov 11) Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30pm $160 Learn where poetry comes from, how to create your own, and what to do with the words once they’re on the page. Come prepared to write fast, feel deeply and read out loud. What We Love: Poetry Craft Seminar Susan Andrews Grace Oct 2 - Nov 20 Thursdays, 7 - 10pm $240 What we love is our greatest teacher. Develop writing skills by choosing a poet that is attractive to you, paying attention to what takes your breath away, as well as to meaning, line, sound, structure, and imagery. Books of contemporary Canadian poetry provided. Open to all levels. Writing for Children Luanne Armstrong Oct 10, 11, 12 Friday 6-10pm Saturday and Sunday 9 -1pm $120 Writing for children is one of the most structured forms of writing. This class is for anyone wishing to write for children. Information will be given on the structure of various levels of children’s books, on characterization, plot structure, setting, editing, and finding a publisher. Creative Non-Fiction (Intensive) Luanne Armstrong Nov 10-13 Mon - Thurs, 9am - 12pm plus individual meetings. $180 Writing nonfiction encompasses both the power of the real and the deep resonance of the literary. Essential ingredients are a passionate curiousity and a willingness to engage with strategic craft and personal issues. We will look at all forms of non-fiction focusing on memoir, personal journalism and the personal essay. Going With the Flow: A Weekend Poetry Intensive Natasha Jmieff Nov 22 & 23 Saturday and Sunday, 9am - 12pm $60 Where does a poem begin and end? How does it move and what does it want to say? A poem is a living being with its own shape, rhythm and its own way of telling truths about the world. Learn how to read a poem’s energy, work with its music and help it get where it needs to go.
    Tom Wayman reads at Oxygen