Once Upon A Time (A storytelling workshop for children)

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Tue, Jun 20, 2023 - Thu, Jun 22, 2023  1pm - 2:30pm

Location

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Details

In this workshop children will explore the basics of storytelling. From fairytale witches, to talking animals, to fire-breathing dragons, we’ll create characters, build real and imagined worlds and plot stories. Children will be encouraged to find their voices, to describe the settings they see in detail, to think about what their characters want and what happens next on their journeys. This workshop is a chance for children to develop their writing in a fun and supportive environment.

We’ll begin at the beginning, with a character and a conflict, plot our way through the treacherous middles, and follow our heroes and heroines to the ends of their adventures. Each child will have a chance to read their story aloud and to hear positive feedback about their writing and their work. There will be an opportunity to add illustrations if they choose. Children will leave the workshop with their finished books to take home and belief in themselves as writers.

June 20th, 21st, 22nd, 1 pm - 2:30 pm (3 day camp)

Ages 6-10

$150/child, all materials included.

About the Instructor:

A graduate of Northwestern University and of Boston University's MFA Program in Fiction, I teach courses in narrative writing, writing and the visual arts, and travel writing at the University of Colorado Boulder. I empower people of all ages and backgrounds to find a language and a form to tell their stories. I lead writing workshops for Lighthouse Writers' Workshop in the HardTimes program, for alumni of Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Disorder Centers, as well as for healthcare workers at Children's Hospital as part of the CORAL Arts Program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Anschutz Medical Campus. My community workshops include those for first-generation students at the University of Colorado and the elderly at the Academy Boulder.

In my own writing, I was a semi-finalist for a Fulbright in Creative Writing. My novel was recommended by the U.S. Fulbright committee for a grant and was endorsed by architecture professors at the University of Sydney and English literature and creative writing professors at the University of New South Wales, in conjunction with their Center for Modernism. My short story “Pitchers of Milk, Now Empty,” was a finalist for the 2021 Bayou Magazine James Knudsen Prize for Fiction.