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



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