2023 SUMMER WRITING PROGRAM

Open to youth aged 12-18 in Victoria, BC
Dates: July 3 – August 25
Location: Online
Registration Deadline: June 30
Course Fee: FREE to GVPL card holders – Limited spaces
Thank you so much for doing the Summer Studio!!! I had so much fun!! I know that having my story edited and published is an amazing opportunity, and I’m super grateful for it.
Georgia
SWS Participant, 2021
2022 Anthology

Back for our fourth year, this online writing program is your chance to launch your writing into the stratosphere! Supported by the Greater Victoria Public Library, this free 8-week summer program allows you to write as much or as little as you want – a single scene, a poem or entire chapters of your epic novel. Set your own writing goal to reach in our online writers’ room, where you’ll get weekly advice and support from Story Studio staff, as well as from visiting local authors and illustrators. And your final story will be included in an anthology of emerging young writers!

Participants will be required to commit a minimum of 4-5 hours per week, including 1-2 hours per week in online meetings and solo writing time. Choose to write as much or as little as you want – a single scene, or entire chapters. Set your own writing goal to reach during your summer in our online ‘writer’s room,’ where you’ll get weekly advice and support from Story Studio staff, and visiting local authors and illustrators, as you write. Register now – spaces are still available.

Sample Weekly Outline

July 3 – 7
Plan project/set goals, gathering ideas

July 10 – 14
Creating Characters, Building Settings

July 17 – 21
Mapping our Writing, How to Hook Your Reader

July 24 – 28
Individual check-in with a mentor
Adding problems to your story

July 31 – August 4
Details and Dialogue

August 7 – 11
Endings (Happy and Otherwise)

August 14 – 18
How to revise your work

August 21 – 25
Celebrate and share your story