Writing Popular Fiction
CCOM 1114
Throughout the course, I will be covering many aspects of fiction writing, beginning with‘getting in the zone' just like a runner does. We'll flex our creative muscles and do lots of warm ups. We'll talk about believing in yourself, while remembering that most good novels are the result of a lot of re-writing and hair-pulling. We'll explore the dreaded writer's block and I'll give you some tips on how to combat it. We'll discuss writing from the psyche. In other words, mining your memories, the good ones and the not-so-good ones, for ideas and inspiration. We won't ignore the mechanics of writing either; they're important. They are the tools you'll use to build your novel or short story. We'll cover point of view, characterization, pacing, description and so on.
Writing is hard work, but it should also be fun. I'll do my best to make it that. I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Instructor: Joan Hall Hovey
Dates: Saturdays, September 28 – November 2, 2013 (6 weeks)
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: The June Room, 2nd floor, City Market. Access off North Market Street.
Enter and proceed straight ahead through a fire door to access the elevator to the 2nd floor, or take the stairs to your right. If walking, go up two flights and enter the second floor door. The classroom is directly in front of the elevator or to the left if you enter off the stairwell.
Course fee: $175 (plus HST)
About the instructor: In addition to her suspense novels, including The Abduction of Mary Rose and Night Corridor, Joan Hall Hovey's articles and short stories have appeared in such diverse publications as The Toronto Star, Atlantic Advocate, Seek, Home Life Magazine, Mystery Scene, The New Brunswick Reader, Fredericton Gleaner, New Freeman and Kings County Record. Her short story Dark Reunion was selected for the anthology investigating Women, Published by Simon & Pierre.
Ms. Hovey has held workshops and given talks at various schools and libraries in her area, as well as New Brunswick Community College. She taught a night course on creative writing at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John. For a number of years, she has been a tutor with Winghill School for writers.
She is a member of the Writer's Federation of New Brunswick, past regional Vice-President of Crime Writers of Canada, Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
Her novels are available in print and as ebooks at www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, and other online sites for Kindle, Sony, Kobo, Nook etc.
Visit Joan Hall Hovey's site at www.joanhallhovey.com
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