writing workshop

Posts on Fridays (Grades 8-12)

Course Objective: To engage students who enjoy creative writing and storytelling with the workshop experience of sharing and critiquing work.

Course Description: Students will learn to properly “workshop” a short story written by their peers as well as how to use a good critique to improve their own short story of 5-10 pages. Additionally, students will read short stories by authors who exemplify the storytelling techniques taught in the course.

$159

Course Outline:

Week 1:         Genre, Conflict, & Plot

                                 The Necklace

Week 2:         Characterization

                                 The Skylight Room

Week 3:         Dialogue & Dialect

                                 The Swimmer

Week 4:          Critique Guidelines

                                The Lottery

Week 5:         Point of View

                                The Most Dangerous Game

Week 6:         Flashback

                                The Bet

Week7:          Foreshadowing

                                Eveline

Week 8:         Revision

                                The Story of an Hour

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