Oct 27, 2015 Posted by Simon Rose

Writing & Publishing for Children & Teens – Class with Chinook Learning Services

In this half-day class, participants learn how to write a novel for children and teens. Discover where writers get their ideas and how they turn them into stories. Learn about the basics of story structure, creation of characters, importance of editing and revision, and approaching publishers. All participants will also have the opportunity to have a 1000-word piece of work assessed by the instructor. The... read more

Oct 25, 2015 Posted by Simon Rose

Copywriting for Social Media, Websites, and Business – Part Five

Empty Expressions On your website, it’s very important not to include empty expressions that mean nothing. Here are a few examples of the meaningless phrases seen all too often online. ‘A reputation for quality.’ This makes me curious as to where this reputation of yours originates from and what you did to earn it. ‘We stand behind our product and/or service.’ I know what this... read more

Oct 24, 2015 Posted by Simon Rose

Writing for Social Media – Class with Chinook Learning Services

In this half-day class, participants explore writing for websites, blogs, and social media. Learn how to create dynamic and effective content for the online marketplace and to promote yourself as a writer for social media. Participants will complete a social media writing assignment that will be assessed by the instructor. The half-day afternoon class takes place on Saturday, November 28 from 12.30 pm to... read more

Oct 23, 2015 Posted by Simon Rose

Copywriting for Social Media, Websites, and Business – Part Four

Meaningless Phrases Perhaps your website uses the infamous phrase inviting people to ‘visit us for all your (insert industry sector here) needs’? While this no doubt represents a very pleasant invitation, it doesn’t really say much about you. Nor does a claim to offer ‘the very best in customer service’ or to posses anything that is ‘state of the art’. If the home... read more

Oct 22, 2015 Posted by Simon Rose

Writing Articles to Publish – Saturday, November 7 at Mount Royal University

The Writing Articles to Publish class takes place at Mount Royal University on Saturday, November 7, 10 am to 4 pm. Have you ever read a novel, short story or nonfiction article and thought, “I could have written that”? This workshop shows you where to find ideas and turn them into a marketable venture. Half the class is spent exploring novels, short stories and non-fiction projects from concept to... read more