Fiction Fans! Next event August 19-21, 2011. Team-taught critique clinics with editor and agent;
novel-crafting sessions with a master teacher. Adjunct Teen & Tween workshop. Inquire early!
“This workshop is too good to miss.”
— Carrie, age 15
Hey! What’s cookin’? This streamlined schedule shows you the workshop “menu.” For more description (including additional break times), see our main schedule.
Below, where just the word “Workshop” appears, it means shared sessions with adults. These offer opportunities for readers and writers of all ages to participate. The Teens-Only sessions include brainstorming, discussion of participants’ fiction, writing, revision, and other topics
or activities that you request.
Want to join our Teen Planning Committee? Contribute as little as 10 minutes to vote on your choice of food and agenda. More dialogue also possible. The committee is open to returning and new enrollees. Help shape the workshop with your friends!
FRIDAY
Teens Only
10:00
Greetings!
10:15
Session #1, “Stories
Galore”
11:45
Picnic Lunch
12:30
Session #2, “Arcs
& Crafts”
1:45
Free time (beach volleyball?)
Intergenerational
3:00
Workshop
5:40
Break
6:00
Dinner buffet: Mexican Fiesta
7:00
Workshop (lively icebreaker; more)
8:45
Beach bonfire, aka “Stories & S’mores by the Sea”(optional)
SATURDAY
Intergenerational except where
noted
8:45
Breakfast and Workshop
11:30
Session #3, “Memory Magic”
12:10
Box lunch (picnic area, beach)
1:00
Workshop
2:30
Q&A: Editor and agent (optional)
3:00
Break.Optional beach party with volleyball, Olympics, or other sports.
4:30
Workshop
6:00
Dinner “on your own”
(chaperoned)
8:00
Teen Party Night:Pizza, movie, music, and/or games. Planned before the workshop by
staff, teens, chaperones.
SUNDAY No breakfast; brunch 10:30 during session
8:45
Workshop
10:30
Session #4, “Revise & Shine”
11:45
Workshop
1:30
Lunch
2:00
Workshop (writing craft; “take home”)
4:00
Farewell!
HEADS UP:Only 12 teen openings! Register by May 20 for Early Bird discount, but you may enroll until we fill. Don’t miss teenfeedbackabout our awesome event.For questions, or to see if you qualify for a special teen rate, contact Nancy Sondel—a Children’s Book Insider writer and the workshop’s founding director.
