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Adventures in Storytelling - A Creative Writing Class

A fun interactive class designed for the younger minds that will teach the basics of what it takes to tell a story by having them go through their own adventure.
Michael Lang
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(374)
Class

What's included

3 live meetings
3 in-class hours
Homework
1-2 hours per week. Learners will be assigned simple writing assignments every week to develop and complete a simple short story.
Assessment
Learners should have a completed short story to share.

Class Experience

(Parents of Learners who are interested in classes but require special hours due to time zone please feel free to reach out and I will try to accommodate as best I can.)

New and Improved!

Welcome one and all to the class that started them all. Here at Adventures in Storytelling, we'll work together in crafting a tale while learning all the ingredients necessary to tell an engaging and meaningful story.

Learners will create their own characters and fill them with goals, knowledge, beliefs, and emotions and take these characters through a handcrafted adventure, where they'll decide what conflicts will come about and figure out how their characters will overcome and triumph.

On DAY 1, we will give birth to new characters. We'll learn about the Desires, Logic, Faith, and Instincts that go into creating unique and relatable characters through a series of activities that can be as simple as a Madlib or as complex as a character web. 

On DAY 2, we will take these characters and walk them through the Tower of Chaos. Here our characters will face bigger and bigger conflicts the deeper they go through in hopes to reach their ultimate goal. We'll learn about all the different types of conflicts

On Day 3, we'll share the adventures our characters have taken and begin to craft a new adventure for learners to develop on their own. Learners that submit their story before the third day will be given a picturebook template with their story added in so that they can add their own art to their story.

By the end of the class, learners will not only have a story they can go and share with friends and family, but the tools to continue their journey as storytellers.
Learning Goals
Learners will learn the key elements to creating characters with proper motivations, beliefs, and understanding of their feelings. They'll also learn how conflict can be used to develop characters to help them achieve their goals within their story.
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    Joined May, 2019
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    I have over two decades of writing experience, have been teaching storytelling for over half a decade, and have developed my own system and techniques to help guide young storytellers in telling authentic stories filled with heart and meaning.

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    $40

    for 3 classes
    1x per week, 3 weeks
    60 min

    Completed by 247 learners
    Live video meetings
    Ages: 9-13
    1-5 learners per class

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