Tag: Age 17

In this four-week class students will learn about, watch performances of, write, and perform slam poetry.

The NoSleep subreddit, is well known for being a quality source of short horror fiction that follows a very specific set of guidelines. There are two classes offered:.
A one-time Analyzing the Reddit r/nosleep Story, and a three-week Writing the Reddit r/nosleep Story. NOTE: For these particular classes, the age range is not flexible.

In this class series we will do creative exercises, and then translate what we have done to nonfiction work. This allows readers to approach writing from a completely different angle, and also forces them to think about how to write from a fresh approach. Lessons learned can then be applied to more formulaic writing, making it both easier and less stressful.

In this class, learners are going to play with words, put ideas together in amusing ways, and bring writing into a format that is easy to access. Pieces will receive short feedback each day, and by the end of this class series we will have a fully-formed and revised story.

Even the most avid readers can struggle with the skills of analyzing a work of fiction and then being able to discuss what they have found. Over a period of twelve weeks, the focus will be on helping learners to gain familiarity and comfort with this skill, and even learn to enjoy it.

In these two ninety-minute sessions, spread over two weeks, we will read fiction literature from queer Black authors, and discuss their work in the historical context, as well as talk about the importance of their work in cultural queer movements.

In this class series learners will study Queer literature, loosely defined here as post-1900s through the current day. We will discuss social opinions and beliefs that shaped queer authors’ lives and writing, as well as censorship and social perceptions. We will also learn about queer authors who broke those frames, and the way that queer people have stood up for themselves – a movement that was reflected in the writing.

In this weekly discussion group we will talk about the current week’s queer news. While often there are a lot more things going on than we can conceivably cover, we will try to tackle as many as possible.
We will also talk about things that make being queer awesome, and things that happen in our week that makes us happy!

In this ongoing weekly workshop for either ages 11-15 or 14-18 learners are going to play with words, put ideas together in amusing ways, complete exercises, and bring writing into a format that is easy to access. While the focus will not be on completing fully polished works, we will be breaking down mental barriers, and learning to enjoy putting pen to paper or fingers to keys while working on whichever piece they choose to that week.

In this eight-day, two-week intensive, we will dive right in and start a new piece, and each following day learn about an apply a specific part of story writing. This intensive, for either ages 11-15 or 14-18, will help to give students the skills and tools to feel confident in learning how to write down their ideas.

For many authors, seeing their work in print can mean they’ve accomplished a major goal. In this ongoing class we will switch between two components, alternating weeks. Learners can choose to work on flash fiction short stories, poetry, and/or essays, as well as shift between them.

In each four-week, four-class series, learners will study periods of literature set in the Pre-Stonewall, Post-Stonewall, and the 21st Century eras. We will ask: what has changed in queer literature since the beginning of the 19th century? While it’s now possible to find books that feature protagonists in a wide variety of genders and sexualities, there are still obstacles for queer authors, and we will study how those obstacles have shifted and changed with the queer movement.

In each week-long, four-class series, learners will study periods of literature set in the Pre-Stonewall, Post-Stonewall, and the 21st Century eras. We will ask: what has changed in queer literature since the beginning of the 19th century? While it’s now possible to find books that feature protagonists in a wide variety of genders and sexualities, there are still obstacles for queer authors, and we will study how those obstacles have shifted and changed with the queer movement.