1673 - Summer Writing School: Novel Workshop

Delivery Options IN-CLASS

Course Description

This five-day intensive workshop with a prominent Canadian novelist will help you get your novel on course. You'll see how longer fiction is structured and sustained - how authors plan, develop and polish their work. Workshops feature open discussions, reading from student works-in-progress and debates on artistic issues. Part of the U of T Summer Writing School, it introduces you to a wider community of writers working in different genres.

Summer Writing School courses are applicable to the Certificate in Creative Writing.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the basic skills and techniques in writing prose fiction.
Analyze the methods and styles of writers you admire.
Develop and refine your own writing style.
Make contact with a community of writers.

This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in

Creative Writing : Elective Courses

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1673 - 029

Spring/Summer - 26

IN-CLASS

Available

In-Class

M, T, W, Th, F

10:00AM to 4:00PM

Jul 06, 2026 to Jul 10, 2026

Schedule and Location

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20.0

St. George Campus

IN-CLASS

Flat Fee non-credit

$699.00

Section Notes

Enrolment is open until June 26th. If you have difficulty registering, please contact our Enrolment and Learner Services team at 416-978-2400.

Submission Requirements: The submission should be an excerpt from your novel-in-progress, a maximum of 10 pages, double-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12 pt font, with numbered pages. I strongly suggest using the opening of your novel, but if you must submit a later passage, please include context – a short paragraph at the top of the document with some plot info and anything else we might need to know. Submissions will be posted on Quercus for your instructor and classmates to view, and distributed one week before the course begins. Please read all submissions, make notes, and be prepared to workshop before the first day of class.
Instructions: Your submission must be email to by 9:00AM June 24th to scs.writing@utoronto.ca with the subject line and file saved as a Word Doc: First initial, Last name_Course Code (ex.: J, Smith_1673-029.).

Recommended reading: Semi-Detached (by E Ruth).

Summer Writing School Schedule:
Mon 10:00AM - 12:00PM and 1:30PM - 2:30PM Instructor Readings 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Tue 10:00AM - 12:00PM and 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Wed 10:00AM - 12:00PM and 1:30PM - 2:30PM Panel Discussion 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Thu 10:00AM - 12:00PM and 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Fri 10:00AM - 12:00PM and 1:30PM - 2:30PM Student Readings 3:00PM - 4:00PM

Withdrawal & Accessibility:
Deadline to withdraw from The U of T Summer Writing School is 4:00PM Friday, June 26th. To withdraw, please email learn@utoronto.ca.
For accessibility information, please email: scs.accessibility@utoronto.ca.

This in-class course uses Quercus (UofT Learning Management Engine) to post course materials.

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