Writing Hurts

CCOM 1014

"I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who wishes to get their creative juices flowing! An excellent source of resource material for aspiring novelists." - Dawn Steeves

Learn how to see, feel and interpret the world around you as a writer does – while writing. Writing Hurts focuses on the creative process, not the mechanics of writing. Class exercises get the writing juices flowing and help you overcome the writer’s block that challenges most people. You’ll learn how to tackle difficult subjects like sex, violence, humor and foul language; as well as how to start a novel, keep the steam up and finish it. Count on heated discussions, timed writing exercises that will drive you mad, and assignments that will have you biting your nails…but it will be fun!

Instructor: Biff Mitchell
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Dates: Mondays, Jan 27 – April 7, 2014 (10 weeks) (No class Mar 3)
Location: Tilley 304, 9 Macaulay Lane, UNB campus  (click here for campus map) 
Course fee: $175 (+HST)

About the instructor: Biff Mitchell is the author of several novels, dozens of short stories, novellas, poems and an ebook bestseller on book marketing, Biff Mitchell's official biography is, sadly, "Biff Mitchell lives at the edge of the world. He has no life. He has no friends. Neighborhood children throw stones at his hovel. At night, Biff throws stones at his hovel. Someday Biff plans to write a book about a man who lives in a hovel that is stoned daily by neighborhood children who—through some magical twist of events—turn into snowmen. When Spring arrives, the man’s house melts." You can visit Biff at www.biffmitchell.com.

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Please contact Alison Howells at 452-6360
or email pce@unb.ca

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