Studying in the U.S, U.S. territories or military bases, or Canada
Contest information
Maximum 7 students per class
Class Introduction
Great writing begins with a powerful voice, the ability to express ideas with clarity, creativity, and purpose. Scholastic Writing Preparation is designed for ambitious students who want to take their writing to the next level and create work ready for recognition.
Students will learn to transform their ideas into effective, polished, and publishable pieces of writing. Over the class, they will explore figurative language, narrative structure, and poetic form while engaging closely with both literary and media texts.
The instructor will introduce five major categories: Short Story, Flash Fiction, Personal Essay & Memoir, Speculative Fiction, and Screenplays & Scripts. Students will choose two categories to focus on for their writing. Students will also have the opportunity to be published in a magazine edited by the instructor.
Class Outcome
- Analysis and reading skills – students will read and analyse professionally published pieces to learn techniques to develop their own voices as writers, and to uncover topics/content that are fresh, imaginative and publishable.
- Writing skills – students will learn how to use new forms and craft language into meaningful text for the audience and purpose. They will develop a multifaceted portfolio of nonfiction, fiction, and poetic writing.
- Spoken/oral skills – students will present their ideas to the rest of the class, disseminating information in a concise manner and providing/taking in feedback during workshops.
Taught by
Taught by a professor with a Master’s from the University of London and a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from Pepperdine. She has judged and taught for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, founded an award-winning literary magazine, and helped many students publish their work.
Class Schedule
8 group lessons, 2 hours each, 16 hours in total.
Feedback
Students and their parents will receive brief feedback after each class, regarding the student’s general participation in class. Students will also receive feedback on graded assignments via email. Individual writing assignments will receive continual and extensive on text feedback from the teacher as well as peer feedback.
