BRENT VAN STAALDUINEN
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Story Basic


Basic training for story writers!
Nothing compares to a live, real-time session (online or in person)
​with an expert instructor/writing coach.


I am a certified, knowledgable educator with more than a decade of teaching and classroom experience,
and am available to lead single and multiple sessions in any of the below areas (and more). Or, if you prefer,
I can be your writing coach, working one-on-one with you to accomplish your writing goals.

I am based in Hamilton, Canada, but am also an experienced world traveler—let me come to you, wherever you are!

Click here for fee structure.
(For festivals and non-profit organizations, my fee schedule is flexible. Just ask!)
​
Also, I am a member of The Writers' Union of Canada and its Writers in The Schools program.
​For events booked through this program, there is not charge to participating schools!

workshop experience

Write! Canada Conference
Wild Writers Literary Festival
Redeemer University Homecoming
City University of Hong Kong
​Hamilton Public Library
​Inkwells Writing Club
​...plus a host of private and individual presentations!

teaching experience

writing topics

certification 
M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction) — University of British Columbia, 2015
B.Ed. (English, PE) — Brock University, 2005


2014-2019: Redeemer University College (Hamilton, Canada)
ENG303 – Creative Writing II: Fiction
ENG303 – Creative Writing II: Intermediate Workshop
ENG403 – Creative Writing  III: Advanced Workshop
ENG485 – Creative Writing: Independent Study
 
2009-2011: Seoul Foreign School (Seoul, South Korea)
IBDP Language & Literature — Grade 11/12
IBDP Literature — Grade 11/12
IBDP English A2HL – Grade 11/12 Media, Communications, and Literature
IBDP English A1SL – Grade 11/12 Literature
English I – Grade 9 Literature
 
2005-2009: The American International School of Kuwait (Maidan Hawally, Kuwait)
IBDP English A2HL/SL – Grade 11/12 Media, Communications, and Literature
Journalism – Grade 11/12
Creative Film Studies – Grade 11/12
IBMYP Language A English – Grade 10
 
2002-2004: Toronto District Christian High School (Toronto, Canada)
English 9 Academic
English 10 Applied
The Writer’s Craft – Grade 12
(All can be expanded and/or broken down for programming requirements)
​
Novel writing
The elements of short fiction
Creative nonfiction
Memoir
Travel writing
Teaching creative writing
Submitting work to literary journals and magazines
Editing and proofreading
Setting up a writing workshop
Publishing with small presses
Contests and “making a mark”
Finding and landing the right literary agent
Self-publication and the digital marketplace

...and more!


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  • home
  • NBL launch
  • About Me
    • bio
    • media
    • Story Basic
    • awards & notables
    • reading services
  • Books
    • boy: a novel >
      • BOY Launch
    • nothing but life: a novel
    • cut road: stories
    • saints, unexpected: a novel
  • Stories
  • events
  • news & blog
  • contact