Creative Writing Semester

Find your voice through fun prompts and longer short story assignments. From descriptive details and dialogue to building narrators and writing complete short stories, this is a three-month creative journey with instructor guidance. ½ credit.

This semester takes students on a progressive creative writing journey. They begin by developing core techniques like descriptive detail, inner thoughts, playing with time, figurative language, and dialogue. Then they move into point of view and the art of narration, exploring different types of narrators and what each one brings to a story. The semester culminates in real creative output: students build a narrator and write a story from that perspective, then write a second short story that brings together everything they’ve learned. This isn’t a single workshop on one technique. It’s a sustained creative development arc with instructor feedback at every step. Weekly deadlines. Three one-month units that can be taken consecutively or spaced across your school year. ½ credit.

Intended For Grades: 6-12

Time Expectation:

Classes have weekly assignments. All assignments will be due midnight Friday EST each week. Assignments are intended to take approximately 2-3 hours per week.

Class Objectives:

Understand and utilize descriptive details
Improve and blend inner ideas with description
Adapt time to tell a story
Create engaging dialogue
Understand narrator point of view
Develop a narrator profile and backstory
Create stories and sketches from 1st and 2nd point of view
Develop and revise a short story

Class Features:

Students will have the option of submitting their work to a writing contest at the end of class
Students will have weekly contact with a coach who evaluates mastery and skills. Coaches also available via email all week long.
An online classroom will teach students time management and appropriate cyber behavior in a controlled environment.

Pre-Reqs: None

All materials will be provided in the class.

Unit 1: Voice Basics

Week 1: Descriptive Details
Week 2: Inner Ideas
Week 3: Playing with Time & Figurative Language
Week 4: Integrating Dialogue

Unit 2: Playing with Narrators:

Week 1: Introduction to Points of View
Week 2: Defining the Narrator
Week 3: Types of Narrator
Week 4: Creative Narration Techniques

Unit 3: Short Story Incubation Lab

Week 1: Brainstorming and Outlining
Week 2: Writing a Rough Draft
Week 3: Revising Your Writing
Week 4: Final Project

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