TEEN CREATIVE WRITING SERIES: CRAFTING A STORY (4 x 2.5 hour sessions)
Tuesdays | June 6th through 27th | 5:30PM to 8PM
Prepare for Camp NaNoWriMo with this short writing workshop course. This series will go through the basic craft elements necessary to create a compelling story (fiction or nonfiction) from setting to dialogue, tension to resolution. Writers can take these building blocks of craft to develop engaging stories! Each week we will discuss 1-2 topics for crafting a creative fiction or nonfiction story with a mix of lecture and writing prompts. Participants are encouraged to share their writing with the group and will learn how to give and receive helpful feedback and set themselves up for participation in Camp NaNoWriMo, should they so choose. This course is suitable for experienced writers or those brand new to the page, no prior writing is necessary as we will be generating work together!
Camp NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is a nonprofit initiative to encourage writers to commit to a creative goal during the months of April and July. It is open to writers of all experience levels and ages, and anyone interested in participating can do so for free by signing up at www.nanowrimo.org/what-is-camp-nanowrimo . SDC is not affiliated with NaNoWriMo.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Kimberly Sewell is an artist and educator from Pueblo, Colorado where she lives with her husband and their cats. Kimberly has experience in teaching and creating artwork in many mediums including watercolor, block printing, and needle felting. She has taught art-based classes to students of all ages for the last 15 years and believes that the arts are for everyone and is happy to share her knowledge with others. Kimberly is also a singer and writer with an MFA in Creative Writing from Regis University. When not creating, Kimberly fosters neonatal kittens with her husband.