Creative Writing for High School Students

    Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 6:00 PM until Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 8:00 PMUTC -04:00


    Sarah Lawrence College
    1 Mead Way
    Bronxville, NY 10708
    United States

    Instructor: Katie Rainey
    Length: 5 sessions, $450
    Tuesdays, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    No class on June 14)

    In this course, we’ll explore what makes good fiction work and the fun side of writing. We'll brainstorm ideas, work on our artistic voices, develop stories with energetic structures, write a lot, play some games, but most of all we'll discover the fun and joy in writing. Students will write a number of smaller pieces, building up to something larger. We’ll support each other through free writes, exercises and workshopping. We'll read a number of published pieces as well and talk about what works and what doesn't. Students will get hands-on experience with everything they need to craft the first draft of a long story or novel in (just over) one month.

    Katie Rainey (BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts; BA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; MFA, Sarah Lawrence College) is a writer, teacher, videographer, and editor from Little Rock, Arkansas. At various times, she has taught poetry, fiction, theatre, photography, English as a Second Language and filmmaking in Arkansas, North Carolina, New York, Belgium and Rwanda. She currently works in New York City with Community-Word Project, Wingspan Arts, Sarah Lawrence College and The National Guild. She encourages her students to question everything in order to deepen their understanding of the world around them and their own artistic voices. She believes that play and experimentation in the classroom leads to a higher level of critical thinking and a lifelong love for reading and writing. She also co-hosts the Dead Rabbits Reading Series and lives in Harlem with the love of her life, a pup named Rosetta.

    Writing Institute Registration Process:

    Step 1 - Registration Information: Complete this registration form in full.

    Step 2 - Payment: Once you click submit on this form, a new page will appear in your browser with a payment link. Click on the payment link, complete the required information, and submit your payment. 

     
    Payment is required for your registration to be confirmed. If we don’t receive your payment within 48 hours of submission of this form, your registration will automatically be cancelled. You will have to complete the form again if you wish to register for the class.

    Step 3 - Confirmation: Once we receive your payment, your registration will be finalized and confirmed with an email. Please keep this email for your records.  Details about room assignment, parking, and any other information relevant to the course will be emailed to registered students the week before classes begin.

    If you have questions about the registration process, please call us at 914-395-2205 or email sorefice@sarahlawrence.edu.

    Registration is no longer available because the registration deadline has passed.