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Writing Wednesdays Creative Writing Workshops
Teenagers in grades 9-12 will meet once a week on Wednesdays after school with traditionally and self-published authors, journalists, bloggers, publishers, song writers, lyricists, screenwriters, playwrights, essayists, poets, composers, rappers, and more, to write, discuss, critique, learn about the writing process, and learn how to turn their talent to profit through writing.
To provide as many students as possible with opportunity, we will come to your school or facility to offer our after school, hands-on/project-based learning workshops! All you need is:
Non-negotiables
Non-negotiables
- To be in 9th-12th grades
- An open-mind
- To be ready to write
- To have fun learning
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Sessions
Poetry Gumbo
- Wednesday, September 12, 2018
- 3:15 PM 5:15 PM
- Room C201
Film Writing: Paper Cuts
Got a story to tell? Tell it through film! Teens will learn how to write, pitch, and enter screenplays into contests! This workshop also gives teens the opportunity to be in a contest for our mini-film festival during our Rough Drafts showcase in 2019!
- Wednesday, September 19, 2018
- 3:15 PM 5:15 PM
- Room C201
Got a story to tell? Tell it through film! Teens will learn how to write, pitch, and enter screenplays into contests! This workshop also gives teens the opportunity to be in a contest for our mini-film festival during our Rough Drafts showcase in 2019!
Novel Writing: Permanent Ink
National Novel Writing Month happens every year, the entire month of November! To support the goal of the organization, and our own writing goals, participants will begin writing a 50,000-word memoir on November 1st and end on November 30th at 11:59.
In between, we will host write-ins for participants to meet with traditionally and self-published authors, journalists, bloggers, publishers and photographers to write, discuss, critique and learn about the writing and publishing process as they write their memoirs! Non-stop creativity. Non-stop support. Non-stop writing.
Visit NaNoWriMo for more information about the project and join us in November!
- November, 2018
- TBD
- Room C201
National Novel Writing Month happens every year, the entire month of November! To support the goal of the organization, and our own writing goals, participants will begin writing a 50,000-word memoir on November 1st and end on November 30th at 11:59.
In between, we will host write-ins for participants to meet with traditionally and self-published authors, journalists, bloggers, publishers and photographers to write, discuss, critique and learn about the writing and publishing process as they write their memoirs! Non-stop creativity. Non-stop support. Non-stop writing.
Visit NaNoWriMo for more information about the project and join us in November!
Writing Your Memoir: Permanent Ink
National Novel Writing Month happens every year, the entire month of November! To support the goal of the organization, and our own writing goals, participants will begin writing a 50,000-word memoir on November 1st and end on November 30th at 11:59.
In between, we will host write-ins for participants to meet with traditionally and self-published authors, journalists, bloggers, publishers and photographers to write, discuss, critique and learn about the writing and publishing process as they write their memoirs! Non-stop creativity. Non-stop support. Non-stop writing.
Visit NaNoWriMo for more information about the project and join us in November!
- November, 2018
- TBD
- Room C201
National Novel Writing Month happens every year, the entire month of November! To support the goal of the organization, and our own writing goals, participants will begin writing a 50,000-word memoir on November 1st and end on November 30th at 11:59.
In between, we will host write-ins for participants to meet with traditionally and self-published authors, journalists, bloggers, publishers and photographers to write, discuss, critique and learn about the writing and publishing process as they write their memoirs! Non-stop creativity. Non-stop support. Non-stop writing.
Visit NaNoWriMo for more information about the project and join us in November!
Pencil Break Teen Anthology
Each year, November 15th marks National I Love to Write Day. Founded in 2002 by nonfiction and self-help writer, John Riddle, the day is reserved for adult and student writers of all levels to spark their writing goals.
For our part, every November 15th, we take a break from NaNoWriMo to host our Pencil Break writing workout. Like a treasure hunt, at their pace, participants sneak writing moments throughout the day and dominate the evenings and nighttime with writing exercises that we post online. By the end of the night at 11:59, participants should have written a short story that highlights their literary prowess based on any of the prompts. Each story will be published collectively, in an anthology.
Visit I Love to Write Day! for more information about the national celebration.
- November, 2018
- TBD
- Room C201
Each year, November 15th marks National I Love to Write Day. Founded in 2002 by nonfiction and self-help writer, John Riddle, the day is reserved for adult and student writers of all levels to spark their writing goals.
For our part, every November 15th, we take a break from NaNoWriMo to host our Pencil Break writing workout. Like a treasure hunt, at their pace, participants sneak writing moments throughout the day and dominate the evenings and nighttime with writing exercises that we post online. By the end of the night at 11:59, participants should have written a short story that highlights their literary prowess based on any of the prompts. Each story will be published collectively, in an anthology.
Visit I Love to Write Day! for more information about the national celebration.
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