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Enrichment • Series

Intro to Creative Writing!

Serena D

Series Details

Sessions

Public Discussion

This series ended on August 12, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

Have you ever wanted to try writing a book? Or have you already written something and just want help polishing it? Or do you want to improve your writing skills over the summer? If so, this is the place for you! In this series, cohosted with Anisa I, we will teach you all about creative writing and how to write good stories. Topics include writing *realistic* dialogue, plot structure, character creation, and everything in between. We will mainly be focusing on fiction, but will include some time to go over and practice writing poetry. There will be plenty of fun activities to help you practice the skills we go over. In the last few sessions, you will even be able to write and get feedback on your own story! Anisa's profile: https://schoolhouse.world/u/42465

Tutor Qualifications

Serena: I took a creative writing course last year and got a 5 on the AP English Language exam. I love writing and have written a lot of short stories/drabbles in my free time :)

Anisa has been writing since 3rd Grade and has dozens of novels and short stories that she wrote through the years. They've picked up many things due to being an obsessive reader and writer, especially about fiction and essays, so she has a lot to share and would love to teach you everything!

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please message us if you can't make a session! We may kick out inactive people to make room for new students, so if you want to stay, please don't go MIA :)

Dates

June 21 - August 12

Learners

34 / 40

Total Sessions

11

About the Tutor

Hi guys! I'm a current college freshman studying Computer Science. I've been a part of SHW for a while (almost 2 years!) and primarily tutor SAT prep, AP prep, and math. I enjoy being a little silly goofy in my sessions, so it's guaranteed to be a fun time. Warning: 95% chance of sessions running overtime.

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Upcoming Sessions

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Past Sessions

11
21
Jun

Session 1

Orientation

We will introduce the course outline, expectations, and play a few get to know you/icebreaker games!
23
Jun

Session 2

Other Topics

We will review some grammar and technical aspects of writing (ex: word choice and punctuation). We'll do a Kahoot at the end to review!
4
Jul

Session 3

Other Topics

*MOVED BACK TO NORMAL TIME* Effective Word Choices We will go over how to create unique metaphors and improve your word choices while writing! We'll do a fun poetry activity based on the metaphors you create :) Date changed due to travel, sorry!
5
Jul

Session 4

Other Topics

Creating Interesting Characters! How do you create characters the reader cares about? How do you write diverse + interesting characters? We will go over tips for character creation then practice creating our own characters + stories based on the Humans of New York Series (this is way more fun to do than it sounds, trust me)
7
Jul

Session 5

Other Topics

Writing Good Dialogue How do you make dialogue feel less flat, more natural? How do you actually go about giving characters a voice? We'll cover all that and more in this session!
12
Jul

Session 6

Other Topics

Practice Time - Flash Fiction! Flash Fiction is a style of writing in which you write a completed story in a set amount of time (we will do about 45 minutes). After we write, we'll share our stories :)
17
Jul

Session 7

Other Topics

Plot Structures! How are novels actually structured? Why do certain parts seem to either drag on or fly by? In this session, we will look at several popular archetypes and practice identifying stories suiting them. We will also discuss cliches, tropes, and plot twists!
19
Jul

Session 8

Other Topics

Character Development So, we know how to make characters. But how do we actually drive them to change in the story and show these changes to the reader? In this session we will talk about how character drives the plot and how the plot in turn can change the character. We will also look at showing character development and making it meaningful. We'll touch on topics like the hero's journey and redemption/corruption arcs
25
Jul

Session 9

Other Topics

World Building!! For all you fantasy writers :) How do we create our own worlds? How much world building do you *actually* need? We'll discuss tips for finding inspiration and potentially a bit about creating constructed languages
26
Jul

Session 10

Other Topics

What a wonderful world ~ How do you flesh out the world around the character? How do we make our stories full of life? In this session, we will talk about dropping hints about the world into the descriptions as well as how to avoid info-dumps. We will also discuss different styles of narration (first, third, epistolary <3, unreliable narrators, etc).
12
Aug

Session 11

Other Topics

Wrap up session! Come discuss your current WIPs, get ideas, feedback, etc and play some fun games!

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