2024 SUMMER PROGRAMS
(Note: Registration via St. Margaret’s online system)
Open to youth aged 9-12 in Victoria, BC
Dates: June 24 – 28, 2024
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Location: (In Person) St. Margaret’s School (1080 Lucas Ave, Victoria)
Course Fee: $210
Hey, young storytellers! Ignite your imagination this summer with Story Studio, the award-winning charity that transforms writing into an adventure!
Dive into a week of thrilling activities designed to unleash creative potential and supercharge writing skills. Our experienced instructors will guide your child on a journey of crafting compelling stories, boosting their confidence as a writer and gaining invaluable skills in creativity and communications.
After a week of exploration, they’ll also leave with a tangible, personalized treasure: a bound and illustrated book containing your child’s original masterpiece!
Program Partner
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
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