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If you’re looking for a practical, hands-on course to help you sharpen your burgeoning practice of fiction, Bookninja Magazine Editor Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer will be teaching Short Fiction II this winter at U of T.
This is a workshop for budding writers with short stories they want to share and improve. Classes combine instruction on the basic elements of fiction: plot, character, point of view and language, alternated with short, timed writing exercises for cutting through blocks and summoning inspiration. One hour of each class is devoted to workshop time, where individual stories are shared and critiqued. Receive individual and constructive feedback in a fun and supportive environment.
This is a space for the writer who wants to open the tool box, figure out how things work, and maybe get the perspective of others on their work so far. The course is required for the Creative Writing Certificate at U of T, and workshop participants can submit their work to the university’s creative writing awards. Course starts very soon, so sign up now.
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January 31st, 2007 at 10:40 am
Oh, and George, you forgot to mention the whip and the big boots with the nails in them. I can’t believe you forgot that!
January 31st, 2007 at 11:48 am
Curse of the writing course, indeed.
January 31st, 2007 at 2:06 pm
At the end of all my stories, I like the main character to wake up and find it was all a dream.
I also love mythical talking animals. And pendulous breats.
Can I take your course?
January 31st, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Yup. It sounds like you need some help!!
January 31st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
If by help you mean validation and conformation of my innate genius, then yes.
I have the soul of a writer, I promise. Actually, it’s about 70% writer, 20% lover, and 5% fighter.
The other 5% is general miscellany.
I’m really looking forward to working with you.
January 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Not sure about innate genius, having never met you, but I will say the class will certainly go some way to validating your inner unicorn. I want to say, too, that I feel as if I know you already.
January 31st, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Are you mocking me? Are you?
I’m offended, and hurt. I don’t think I’ll take your class after all. If I wanted this kind of criticism I’d go back to open mic night at the seniors’ centre.
Any by the way, I said I like mythical animals, which unicorns are not. They’re real, and I’ve seen one. So there.
I’m also beginning to wonder whether the people who run this site are actual ninjas.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:11 pm
No. Please. Don’t go, little friend. Come hither. The class and I await your first submission…
January 31st, 2007 at 4:40 pm
If I were you, Roy, I’d hire a lawyer. My friend Steven has one.
January 31st, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Reading this thread is better than watching TV.
January 31st, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I am sad to say that I no longer represent Mr. Galloway. We had a minor misunderstanding about the definition of “lawyer.” He’s pretty hung up on the fact that I’ve never been to law school, or tried a case in court. I maintain that suing a scoundrel like Kevin Chong doesn’t take a law degree. At any rate, my services have been terminated, and he’s refusing to pay my bill.
But the whole thing got me thinking: a lot of these writers, particularly Kevin Chong, are dumb as nails. So why shouldn’t I be a writer? It seems like a pretty good life. No boss, no clients, pants are optional.
What I was unprepared for was how mean people can be. Everything from snide mocking to behind your back whispers to throwing false teeth and canes. And then there’s the other writers. So I think now that I’ll fall back on my backup plan and become a zookeeper.
If Steven is your friend, George, you should advise him that he owes me thirty two thousand dollars, and unless he wants to come face to face with a leopard he should pay up.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:26 am
no boss, no clients, no pants means no money. trust me. I don’t usually recommend course, but the whip and the boots have me very interested.
February 1st, 2007 at 3:57 pm
George,
Stop telling people about that site! Not everyone gets that it’s a joke. A yoga instructor asked me on a date (it’s hard, she says, to find men who are so open about their interests). I hope that when Operation Pandabait is complete you’lll be as free with the hardeharhars.
Roy, you are a sad, sad man. Get a life.