Teen Storytellers Lab

The Art of the Personal Essay led by Christine Gardiner

$800

8 Meetings

Out of stock

Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT July 27 to August 6, 2020

For payment plan options, please contact Thierry Kehou at [email protected].

In this two-week workshop, students will read and write personal essays, find their authentic voice, and channel their most profound stories. This course is about creative discipline and personal discovery. Students will read exemplary texts by contemporary masters and immerse themselves in the arts of reflection, description, narration, and persuasion. Through writing exercises, workshops, and one-on-one sessions, students will draft and revise two personal essays—suitable for publication or the college application process. Students will develop transferable skills in composition, rhetoric, and critical analysis. The course will encourage students to transform their 2020 experience into a creative document and culminate in a public reading.

This course will take place online via Zoom. Participants will receive instructions for access prior to the first meeting.

Led by

Dr. Christine Gardiner

Dr. Christine Gardiner

Dr. Christine Gardiner is the author of the blog Pet Murmur, the book My Sister’s Father, and THE BIRDHOUSE—a novel in process. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Denver, and her MFA from Brown University. She taught literature and writing at the undergraduate and graduate levels for over a decade, and she now works with young writers to help them find their voice, develop their gifts, and imagine the future of the book in a new age.

About this series

Teen Storytellers Lab

Teen Storytellers Lab offers online creative writing workshops in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to high school students between the ages of 15 and 18. Workshops are led by highly qualified writers and educators with many years of classroom teaching experience. Participants will grow as writers in a fun and engaging environment and have the opportunity to share and perform their work online, leaving their workshops with a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.

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