Writing School
CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATION
This course is open to all artists but most class activities will entail writing.
Learn practical, emotional and soulful strategies to help fully uncover your artistic gifts and support in expressing them. The writer will gain an understanding of the creative process and its stages as he or she learns ways to access the wisdom of their imagination.
(age: 9+)
WRITER’S DISCOVERY
This course is created for individuals who want to discover their writing niche. It is for those who want to write and who want to discover different forms of writing. The class is structured using questions that will provoke thought and discussion among students to help encourage and develop their inspiration to write. (age: 9+)
Prerequisite: Creativity and Inspiration
WRITER’S JOURNAL
A writer is someone who writes. This course is designed to help writers keep a daily journal of their writing to help improve writing practice. It will engage them to habitually practice writing as the class looks at other writer's works and journals for inspiration and technique. (age: 9+)
Prerequisite: Writer’s Discovery
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CREATIVE NONFICTION/ PERSONAL ESSAY/MEMOIR
Every individual has a story. This intensive class will focus on finding the writer’s voice to discover their stories by delving into the writer’s experiences to share and discover the meaning out of the events of their life. (age: 9+)
Prerequisite: Writer’s Journal
FICTION
Students will learn about the forms of fiction and how fiction is built. Writers work in small groups on a story chosen by the group, and do in-class exercises in point of view, plotting, character development, dialog, setting and other elements of fiction. (age: 9+)
Prerequisite: Writer’s Journal
POETRY
Poetry writing develops an individual's skill with language through various forms of written structures. The poetry course is designed for individuals to learn how to control and mold sound, imagery, structure, meter, line, words, and theme into crafted poetry. (age: 9+)
Prerequisite: Writer’s Journal
