2023 SUMMER WRITING PROGRAMS
Open to youth aged 9-14 in Victoria, BC
Location: Hybrid (Online with local meetings)
Dates:
July 3 – August 25Register by:
June 30Course Fee:
$150/8 weeks, including:
16 hours of workshops and one-on-one coaching
guest speakers from authors and illustrators
a final printed anthology with your story!
Bursaries available – email us for more information
Do you love writing fantasy and fiction? Do you want to create a shared world with other writers, and then explore it with your words?
Over 8 weeks, participants collaborate online 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. In addition, several half-day in-person meetings will be held over the summer.
The final result? An illustrated anthology – with your story – that explores your Imaginary Journey!
Sample Weekly Outline
July 3 – 7
Meeting the team; intro to collaborative writing; in-person half-day meeting on Wednesday
July 10 – 14
World-building; meet the artist (guest speaker)
July 17 – 21
Characters and backgrounds
July 24 – 28
Plotting and Scheming; guest speaker
July 31 – August 4
Writing short stories
Individual check-in with a mentor
August 7 – 11
Details and Dialogue; guest speaker
August 14 – 18
Editing, revising, illustrating, sharing; in-person half-day meeting on Wednesday
August 21 – 25
Final drafts and submission
Open to youth aged 12-17 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
