WRITE NOW! WORKSHOPS
Get Inspired. Get to Work.
“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
Don’t wait. WRITE NOW!
Kick off your reading or writing campaign.
Introduce new writing skills to teens, adult literacy learners and ESL students.
Get middle schoolers excited about writing.
Learn strategies to engage your students in the writing process.
Liven up your staff meetings.
Explore and harness the power of your imagination on paper in this hands on engaging group workshop. Participants will experience thought provoking, interactive theater-based exercises that encourage and inspire creative writing habits.
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.
Each workshop invites teamwork via group and independent writing and sharing all while promoting strategies to ward off procrastination.
WRITE NOW! Workshops are live, with virtual or in person learning available, adaptable to most ages and groups. Themes are welcome and large groups are encouraged.
Useful for ESL, ELA, Adult Literacy Classes, Educational Practitioners, and Homeschool Coops.
6th -12th, Adults, Staff.
Write Now Workshop I and II
Workshops run 60-90 minutes each.
“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.
