Continuing Education Workshop: Personal Essay Writing

Posted: October 20, 2022
Table with coffee and someone writing with books beside them. In top left corner there is the Trent University Continuing Education logo and the Traill College logo, both in white. Underneath the logos there is a gold bar that says "In-person interactive workshop $50" There is white text in the bottom right corner that states "Personal Essay Writing, Hybrid forms with Adelle Purdham. Sunday November 6 from 2-4:30pm"

Event Details

  • Sunday, November 6, 2022
    2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    City: Peterborough
    310 London Street
    Cost: $50

What shape can a personal essay take and how does one go about writing one? What makes a personal essay compelling?
Explore and discuss various types and forms of essays as well as tools and strategies to enhance your craft. Write an essay in a new form, enhance creativity, lean into playfulness and tap into your imagination. Give and receive feedback from other writers.
This three-hour workshop incorporates tangible examples, group discussion, writing exercises, and is designed for writers with any level of experience. By the end of this workshop, writers will…
Explore various essay forms that appeal to your senses and subject
Identify tools and strategies for developing your personal essay style
Leave with a list of resources and an essay-in-progress

Follow this link to register: https://trentucontinuinged.corsizio.com/c/63286d8f4ab8bc210ebaa5ce

Students, staff, and faculty can recieve a 20% discount using the code 'Fall20'

Contact Info

For more information, please contact continuingeducation@trentu.ca

Trent University respectfully acknowledges it is located on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishnaabeg. We offer our gratitude to First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.

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