WRITE NOW! WORKSHOPS
Get Inspired. Get to Work.
TAKE THIS WORKSHOP WITH YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLER OR TEEN.
Why wait? WRITE NOW!
Encourage productive writing habits.
Introduce new writing skills to teens.
Get middle schoolers writing.
Learn strategies to write consistently.
Explore and harness the power of your imagination in this hands-on, engaging group writing workshop. Participants will experience thought provoking, interactive, theater-based exercises that encourage and inspire creative writing habits.
ENJOY THE PROCESS!
WRITE NOW! Workshops take participants on a journey through the creative writing process.
Participants will learn:
To identify literary genres.
To write from their experiences.
Look for and use everyday events as inspiration.
Trust their instincts.
Think creatively.
To structure a story.
Get Inspired!
Each workshop invites teamwork via group and independent writing and sharing all while promoting strategies to ward off procrastination.
English Language Arts, Creative Writing
6th -12th graders
4 weeks
Virtual, self paced
Weekly writing exercises
“Altesa recently presented a 1 hour creative writing workshop at our library. The workshop was well attended and the teens enjoyed participating- I’d definitely recommend Altesa’s workshop-she was well prepared, engaging and enthusiastic.” -Cindy Holsey, Young Adult Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
“I wanted to follow up and say THANK YOU! The workshop was great! You were extremely engaging, it was fun the entire time, and all of us (staff included) learned something new.”
— Ashley Binning, Community Program Assistant III
Office of Education and Literacy
Los Angeles Public Library, 2021
