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Centre for Learning Futures

Novel Writing

This course is for anyone dreaming of, or struggling with, finally getting a novel written

For beginners and advanced writers alike, this course is for you. Whether you're plotting your outline or polishing that final draft, this course will offer an intensive workshop environment with the focus on breaking down the barriers to completing your novel.

Writing will be the class focus, with a strong emphasis on sharing constructive feedback. Discussion topics will include, but not be limited to, narrative structure, character, plotting and pacing, and of course publishing.

No materials required.

Winter term

Tuesdays, March 24 to May 12 (8 weeks)
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
Carleton Hall, 19 Macaulay Lane, room 104
$195 (+ HST)

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About the instructor

Mike Thorn is a fiction writer and film critic. He is the author of Shelter for the Damned, Darkest Hours, and Peel Back and See. His stories have been published or are forthcoming in a range of anthologies, magazines, and podcasts, including Augur, Vastarien, NoSleep and Tales to Terrify.

His essays and articles have been published in The Fiddlehead, The Weird: A Companion, American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper, The Film Stage, and elsewhere. He completed his PhD in English at the University of New Brunswick and he co-hosts the writing-themed Craftwork podcast with Miriam Richer.