There are my notes to myself for the first writing workshop of the summer last year. The workshop this year will run from 7/14 to 7/31, Mondays and Thursdays from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm:
Things (for me) to bring:
- Writing Magic and Writer to Writer
- this page!
- Pad
- WELCOME!
- My phone #, email address. Don’t share. Website, can share. Take a screen shot.
- My name & pronouns. Intro Jen and Debbie
Go around & say pronoun, what grades they’re going into. What do they hope to get out of summer? Say if it’s more than writing better, if there’s something partic you want. Poetry possible. Tell everyone: If you could time travel to the past or future, when in the past or how far in the future would you visit? Why?
- How c we make it better? You can say it out loud or email me.
- Ask if any will miss ½ summer. If they don’t like it, not forced to stay. How much will they miss?
- How many like to write poems? Read poems? How many prefer story-writing to poetry? How many vice-versa? How many equal?
- Keep what you’ve written, and keep in mind that we want a collection by the end of the summer. I’ll expect you to email in something after the fifth week for copying for the sixth week.
- about homework. Don’t have to do it, but if they do, will get benefit of my editing. They can do the week’s assignment or keep going with something they started in the workshop. Don’t submit something you wrote for school, and no AI. I’ll get it back to you but maybe not instantly. Email to me as Word or Google doc. If it’s a google doc, give me permission to edit. Due by Wednesday at noon.
- email me if you want to set up a time for an individual meeting.
- can drink something, but no food. No lying in bed, unless you’re sick.
- How vocab works. Do not look up! Type in chat meaning and part of speech. What does part of speech mean? lycanthropy
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun:
1. A delusion that one has transformed into a wolf.
2. The process of or ability to transform into a wolf.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek lykos (wolf) + -anthropy (human). Earliest documented use: 1584.
Prompts. Discuss
Homework. Discuss. Remind them when it’s due.
Isabelle Knight says:
Oh wow! I’d love to join the workshop – it sounds fantastic! 🙂 Sadly, I’m on the other side of the world, so 1:30 to 3 PM is pretty much impossible for me. O.O But nonetheless, I shall be writing, and I wish you the best of luck with this summer workshop!!!! It sounds absolutely fantastic!!
Christie V Powell says:
I’m glad you’ll be writing!
I did not have any support for writing in high school, but I carried around a notebook and wrote all the time. I didn’t publish until many years later, when I had the support of my husband and kids.
Anyway, good luck.
Isabelle Knight says:
🙂 Thanks!
Arisole says:
That sounds fun! Everyone will appreciate your help and the time you give.:):) Good luck! Young writers need support because they feel intimidated by all the adult writers in the world.