THE SECONG SATURDAY SERIES IS ON HIATUS FALL 2022. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN DECEMBER FOR JANUARY-MARCH 2023 WORKSHOPS.
Project Write, Inc., is pleased to offer this series of writing workshops for students in grades 4-12 on a monthly basis. Each virtual workshop will consist of several small writing lessons, time to write, and time to share writing. See below for our line-up of authors and instructors. Please note the substantial discount for purchasing one of the packages.
- Each workshop will cost $30.
Discounts
Are you participating in other Project Write workshops? Email youngwriters@projectwrite.org to see about other combo offers.
The six spring workshops can be secured for $120. That’s just $20 per workshop! Best deal!
Pick any four workshops can be purchased for $100. That’s just $25 per workshop! Last chance to purchase by the March 12 session!
To register, click here!
Information
Virtual; 9-11 a.m. EST
Spring Dates: Jan. 8, Feb. 12, March 12, April 9; May 14; June 11
*No refunds for missed workshops. When purchased as part of the series, you may transfer a workshop to another young writer in the same age group if you contact the director, Rhonda Lancaster, by the Thursday before the Saturday you will need to miss. Individual workshops can be moved to another date if you let us know ahead of time. Should an instructor be unable to meet, another Project Write instructor will lead the same genre or topic.
Workshop Descriptions
Check out the 2021-2022 descriptions or reconnect with the guest authors in our archives.
June 11: Writing with Eva Gibson, author of YA books Where Secrets Lie, Together We Caught Fire, and released in June 2022: Frightmares
This workshop will explore effective use of dialogue, speech patterns, dialect, and tone in fiction writing. Through writing exercises and discussion, writers will learn to build unique and recognizable character voices, use realistic language based on character background and interactions, and drive a story arc forward via conversation and carefully chosen words. Participants will leave the workshop with an understanding of how a character’s words and interactions reveal their personality and impact relationships, world-building, and story outcome.
Author bio:
Eva V. Gibson is the author of dark contemporary YA novels Where Secrets Lie and Together We Caught Fire. Her YA horror debut, Frightmares, will be on shelves July 2022. A bookworm since early childhood, she has routinely gravitated to stories with grim themes and flawed, complicated characters. She lives in Northern Virginia with her family, and spends most of her time brooding, baking, creating, and parenting, awaiting the day her kids read her books with equal parts excitement and trepidation.
FRIGHTMARES information:
Seventeen year old Dave, coping with both a breakup and the daily disasters of his summer acting job, is thrown into a real life nightmare when his castmate turns up dead—then disappears. FRIGHTMARES releases 07/05/2022 from Delacorte/Underlined and is available for preorder everywhere.
Other Workshops:
Advanced Young Writers’ Workshop
College and Scholarship Application Essay Workshop, TBA
Young Screenwriters’ Conference, Shenandoah University, Winchester, October 2, 2021 (in person and virtual)
Summer 2022, June 24-28, Shenandoah University Winchester, Va. (in person or online)