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Our after-school workshops and weekend intensives give young visionaries the chance to connect, get creative, build their writing collections, and ask for feedback on their work. We offer both in-person and virtual options, as well as financial assistance, to ensure that all writers can participate.

Workshops are organized by age group - scroll down for age groups 12-15 and 15-18.

AGES 9-12

Characters. Visions. Turning points. Fiction writing is not just putting together a string of words that convey a basic message; it's exploring the corners of your brain, having imaginary conversations, creating a world down to its last detail. This session’s challenge will be plumbing the depths of our imaginations to create a cohesive story - but don’t worry, we’ll stop to refuel with lots of fun creativity-building exercises along the way.

AGES 12-15

Dungeons & Dragons is a collective storytelling game played amongst friends with dice telling you what you can and can't do. You are cordially invited to come play D&D over the course of six weeks in this online campaign -- to build a character and go on an adventure with us. What makes this particular D&D game unique is that we will be taking breaks to allow writers space to write the story of their character, with the hope that -- at the end of the workshop -- the story will continue.

Whether you're building a city in the clouds, a haunted archipelago haunted by the ghosts of turtles who have been wronged, or somewhere in-between, this class helps you turn imagined spaces into lived-in, resonant worlds. We'll explore maps, myths, architecture, politics, flora and fauna, and how even the smallest creative choices shape the atmosphere of a story. No experience necessary. All are welcome.

Have you ever wished you could write for your favorite Netflix series? Or you really don’t like the way one of your many favorite webcomics ended? Here is your chance to rewrite canon, expand your favorite story, or design an alternate universe with your favorite characters. Maybe even a crossover is in order. 

We'll do a variety of prompts and exercises to generate ideas. Feel free to bring a project you're already working on.

In this class, students will learn about famous American poets of the 20th and 21st century. We’ll read different poets and analyze their work, then use what we learn as inspiration to write our own poetry! Sharing your poem is completely optional, and students will leave with multiple, original poems and a basic knowledge of contemporary poetry.

FOR AGES 15-18

Save the World Workshop invites you to combine curiosity, creativity, and real-world impact. Each class begins with an age-appropriate look at something happening in the news, followed by a short reading that helps students understand the issue, followed then a guided writing activity that turns what they’ve learned into stories, poems, scenes, or reflections of their own. Along the way, the class donates a portion of its monthly earnings to causes connected to the topics we explore, allowing students to see how their engagement in the workshop supports real community action. Put on your capes; let's get to work.

Sharpen up your storytelling by working on fiction elements: plot, characters, dialogue, all the vivid stuff that’s fun to make up in your head! Don’t know whether your work will be flash fiction, a short story, a novel, something else…? Gretchen will help you with pacing, too, as your story concept unfolds.

In this class, students will learn about famous American poets of the 20th and 21st century. We’ll read different poets and analyze their work, then use what we learn as inspiration to write our own poetry! Sharing your poem is completely optional, and students will leave with multiple, original poems and a basic knowledge of contemporary poetry.