Writing
Classroom and Online
Our creative writing courses cover how to create a basis for future work, gain feedback from classmates and the instructor, fine tune your own voice and style of writing, as well as practice editing. Whether exploring creative writing, travel writing or writing for children you will learn the conventions of narrative craft and character development.
- Learn more about writing from well-established published authors.
- Learn how to get your work published.
- Understand the importance of research.
Textbook required per course: visit the Cougars Campus Store and search by Term and Department (XCRW).
*Classroom delivery of courses unavailable until further notice due to COVID-19.
Creative Writing, Level 1
Discover how to use plot, voice, theme, setting and characterization successfully. Gain valuable feedback on your writing and discuss excerpts from a selection of successful published stories.
Subject (for registration): Creative Writing
| Subject code: XCRW 10005 | 20 Hours. Fee $279 |
| CRN 90003 | Online | Sep. 27 - Nov. 21 |
Creative Writing, Level 2
Discover techniques for creating compelling characters, settings and plots, explore the freefall approach to writing, and discuss how to market your writing. Gain valuable feedback from others and hone your editing skills.
Recommend: Creative Writing Level 1 or equivalent
Subject (for registration): Creative Writing
| Subject code: XCRW 10007 | 20 Hours. Fee: $279 | |
| CRN 90521 | Online | Sep. 20 - Nov. 14 |
Fundamentals of Scriptwriting
Dreamed of writing for film, TV or theatre? Learn about dramatic conflict, scene structure, dialogue and format - especially film format. Previous writing experience is not required.
Instructor: Daniel Libman: 50+ professional stage productions throughout North America; screenwriter of "Burned".
Subject (for registration): Creative Writing
| Subject code: XCRW 10003 | 20 Hours. Fee: $279+GST | Not offered this semester. |
Vivian Hansen has published in many Canadian journals, in genres of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her work includes A Bitter Mood of Clouds, and A Tincture of Sunlight (Frontenac House 2017). Other work includes Angel Alley - the victims of Jack the Ripper, and Leylines of My Flesh (Touchwood 2002). She is a member of The League of Canadian Poets, and The Writers Guild of Alberta. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
Daniel Libman has had close to 50 play productions across Canada, including - in Alberta - the Citadel Theatre, Workshop West, Chinook, ATP, Lunchbox, and Quest. He's also been produced in L.A., Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and New York. His play Cecil & CleopaYtra has been optioned for a commercial run Off-Broadway. An actor in film & TV, Daniel also coordinates and teaches at Quest Theatre School.
Kiera has an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University, with a Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching of Writing, and completed her BA (Hon.) in English and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Kiera doesn’t drink wine but lives in wine country, Kelowna, British Columbia, with her husband, Jake, and their cat and dog. Her short story work was awarded third prize in the 2009 Okanagan Short Story contest, and in 2017 she published her first young adult speculative fiction novel, The Hematite Horses. Working from home with more time to write, she has completed her fourth novel, The Other Grace, a work of dystopian and speculative fiction. She can be found at navigatorseries.wordpress.
Contact us
For information about these courses:
cehealth@mtroyal.ca
403.440.6867 or 1.888.392.3655
Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary AB T3E 6K6
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