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Summer Writing Retreat with a Published Author

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Ages 13-18
Live Group Class
In this intensive week-long summer camp, serious writers will take a project from rough draft to publication plan.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(32 reviews)

Live video meetings
5x per week, 1 week
3-10 learners per class
90 min

What's included

5 live meetings
7 hrs 30 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Welcome to the Summer Writing Retreat! During this five-day camp experience, we will be taking your amazing creative writing project from an idea to a rough draft to a plan for revision and publication. Writing a novel? Poetry? A comic book? An essay? All writers are welcome! The only thing that matters is that you show up daily and put your pen to the paper or your fingers to the keys! 

AGENDA

DAY ONE
Welcome, Writers! 
Introductions
Goal-setting session
Writing prompts
Writing sprints
Open Mic

DAY TWO
Goal Checks
Writing prompts
Writing sprints
Open Mic

DAY THREE
Goal Checks
Writing sprints
Revision Partners
Guided Revisions
Open Mic

DAY FOUR
Goal Checks
Writing Sprints
Guided Revisions
Intro to Publishing
Open Mic

DAY FIVE
Goal Checks
Writing Sprints
Guided Revisions
Publication Plan
Awards Ceremony

Other Details

External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined June, 2020
4.9
32reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
West Virginia Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
The teacher is the published author of four middle grade novels:

ASHES TO ASHEVILLE (G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House, 2017)
FREE VERSE (G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House, 2016)
BODY OF WATER (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan, 2011)
LIVVIE OWEN LIVED HERE (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan, 2010)

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