WRITING WORKSHOPS AND COURSES

Young or old, we all have stories to tell. Whether you are simply sharing stories with friends, documenting your personal history, or just enjoy creative writing, we can help you bring your stories to life and capture the attention of your target audience. We offer customized workshops, classes, and individual consulting sessions. Whether you want to introduce yourself to others in the community newsletter, write a story about a specific event, share your stories with future generations, begin to write your memoir, or get creative and just write a poem or short story we can help you get started. Current course offerings are described below. Courses can be offered in person or virtually.

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Writing Treasured Stories and Memories (Adult)

You may have a desire to preserve family history... document personal accomplishments... share experiences with future generations... Maybe you are interested in writing a short memoir. This course can help you get started.  ​It is always important to write about what you know but it can be difficult to get inspired to start your story. Come to the course with a couple of ideas that you want to write about, your target audience, and the format you want to use to communicate your story (e.g., newsletter article, blog, poem, short story, song, digital audio/video). When you arrive, be flexible and remain open to the possibilities. If you don't know how you want to start be prepared to try different options to see what works best for you.  It is not unusual to start with one approach and decide to try another. This course can be offered in an in-person or virtual format.

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Nonfiction Writing (Elementary, Middle School, High School)

Whether children are interested in writing for their school newspaper, or just documenting stories about their own experiences, they can benefit from this workshop. We work with the students to organize their thoughts, present accurate details. This workshop is designed for intermediate to advanced writers.

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Storytelling: Painting Pictures with Words (Adult, Children)

If a picture paints a thousand words can you paint a picture with a thousand words? We all have stories to tell. The storytelling listener actively creates images and characters in his or her mind, and in a sense becomes the co-creator of the story. In this course we cover basic elements of stories (e.g., character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution) and focus on using imagery to communicate stories. We discuss strategies used by storytellers to draw the audience into the story. This course can be offered in an in-person or virtual format for adults or children.

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Storytelling Writing Workshop (Elementary or Middle School Children)

This in-person workshop includes activities and worksheets participants use to create and share their own stories. An expanded version of this workshop, created as an in-person summer camp program, is also available for middle school children (offered in five 3-hour sessions).

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Ghost writing services are available upon request.

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Contact CStarsky for schedules and pricing.

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