Admit it: you have the plot for a fantasy series to rival Fablehaven all laid out in your head. Or you know your story idea would keep your friends up all night reading. If this sounds like you, and you’re in grades 9-12, join us for our first-ever Exploring Fiction Writing day for teens. Novelist Lauren Grodstein will introduce you to the building blocks of good storytelling, whether for a novel, short story, screenplay, or graphic novel. Then you’ll have time on your own to create the foundation of a story that could only have come from you.
Get inspired by the Writers House, a historic building from the 19th century, beautifully restored to get your creative juices flowing (and full of ghosts, they tell us).
Lunch provided.
About the instructor:
Lauren Grodstein is the author of four novels, including the New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation for Everything. Her latest novel, Our Short History, was published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in March, 2017. Lauren’s work has been translated into French, Turkish, German, Hebrew, and other languages, and her essays and reviews have been widely published. She directs the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden.
Date & Time
November 9, 2019
10:30 am-2:00 pm
Location
Writers House
305 Cooper St.
Camden, NJ