2022 SUMMER WRITING PROGRAMS
Open to youth aged 10-16 across Canada
Location: Online
Dates:
July 4 – August 26Register by:
July 3Course Fee:
$120/8 week program
(includes workshops and one-on-one coaching, guest speakers from authors and illustrators, and a final printed anthology with your story!)
Do you love to write fantasy and fiction? What if magic redrew the map of our island homes – and we told the stories of this new land?
Over 8 weeks, participants collaborate with other young writers, learn from our instructors and work with local authors and artists to write stories set in a shared world. 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.
The final result? An illustrated anthology – with your story – that explores the Imaginary Islands!
Weekly Outline
July 4 – 8
Meeting the team; intro to collaborative writing
July 11 – 15
World-building; meet the artist
July 18 – 22
Characters and backgrounds
July 25 – 29
Plotting and Scheming
August 1 – 5
Writing short stories
Individual check-in with a mentor
August 8 – 12
Details and Dialogue
August 15 – 19
Editing, revising, illustrating, sharing
August 22 – 26
Final drafts and submission
Open to youth aged 12-18 in Victoria, BC
Dates: July 4 – August 26
Location: Online
Registration Deadline: July 3
Course Fee: FREE to GVPL card holders – Limited spaces!
Let your imagination run wild and 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.
Weekly Outline
July 4 – 8
Plan project/set goals, gathering ideas
July 11 – 15
Creating Characters, Building Settings
July 18 – 22
Mapping our Writing, How to Hook Your Reader
July 25 – 29
Individual check-in with a mentor
Adding problems to your story
August 1 – 5
Details and Dialogue
August 8 – 12
Endings (Happy and Otherwise)
August 15 – 19
How to revise your work
August 22 – 26
Celebrate and share your story!
