Creative Writing Workshop Series for Teens with the Writers Guild Initiative

Wed, Jul 12 2023
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Virtual

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Calling all young writers! The Writers Guild Initiative and Brooklyn Public Library are partnering to offer creative writing workshops for teens in grades 9-12.

No writing experience is required. All participants need to have is a desire to write and explore their creativity, and a pen and paper. Spelling, grammar and punctuation do not matter. Our workshops are an opportunity to explore storytelling in all its forms! This series is especially recommended to those with an interest in intellectual freedom.

The workshops are fully virtual and pair small groups of participants with two writing mentors for two three-hour sessions of writing exercises. Teens must commit to attending both sessions:

  • Part A - Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 1 pm-4 pm EDT
  • Part B - Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 1 pm-4 pm EDT
     

Everything shared in the rooms is completely confidential and all writing done in the workshop belongs exclusively to the participant who wrote it. We are also offering a third session, a sharing space on Wednesday, July 26, 1 pm-4 pm. This is an opportunity for participants to share up to five minutes of their writing with the full cohort. 

The application period has closed, but you can send an email to teenwriting@bklynlibrary.org to be placed on the waiting list. Space is limited. 

The Writers Guild Initiative (WGI) is an independent non-profit organization affiliated with the Writers Guild of America, East. WGI is dedicated to bringing together professional writers together with vulnerable communities who would benefit from self-expression through creative writing. 

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