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46 Best Kids Creative Writing Classes in 2023

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This directory of creative writing courses will help you find the right class for you. Simply filter by genre, price, and location to find the writing class that best fits your needs.

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Brave Writer 101: Guided Writing Process

Brave Writer

Brave Writer 101: Guided Writing Process is unique in the world of writing instruction. Our goal? To show you how to be your children’s trusted partner and ally in the writing process. No more fights over three more sentences. We provide tools to help your stuck writers get unstuck. Let’s get you and your child on the same side of the fence.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Kids

Level: Beginner

Class size: 25

Price: $249.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://bravewriter.com/online-classes/brave-writer-101-g...

Family Writing: Groovy Grammar Workshop

Brave Writer

Enroll the whole family (parents included!) in Groovy Grammar Workshop and explore how writers use grammar to add power to their writing! Learn a natural approach to teaching grammar. This workshop stands the whole concept of grammar on its head. Students are instead encouraged to play with language, to explore how words bump up against each other and generate meaning.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Kids

Level: Beginner

Class size: 25

Price: $229.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://bravewriter.com/online-classes/groovy-grammar-wor...

Brave Writer 102: Learning to Revise

Brave Writer

This step in the writing process is the part parents struggle with the most! Let us walk you through the revision process, so you can do it at home with confidence.

Prerequisites: Students are recommended to take Brave Writer 101 before this course.

Location: Online

Categories: Kids

Level: Beginner

Class size: 25

Price: $199.00

Start date: November, 2023

Website: https://bravewriter.com/online-classes/brave-writer-102-l...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Graphic-novelize your Life!

GrubStreet

In this workshop, you’ll get practice turning your angst—or joys—into an engrossing comic. You’re invited to bring your favorite autobiographical comics in for inspiration for yourself and others or peruse the work of cartoonists that the instructor—a Scholastic graphic novelist—loves.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: November, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Truth in Fiction: Writing Yourself on Screen

GrubStreet

In this class students will learn the basics of screenwriting: format, scene structure, and the elements of a scene. We will be watching some examples to enhance our understanding of some of these basic elements as well as go over the basic plot structure of a feature length film. Get ready for a jam packed workshop with a lot of prompted free-writing to get ideas generated and to get you more comfortable with the format of screenwriting.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: December, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Elementary Writing: Story Switcheroo

Brave Writer

Story Switcheroo enrolls you with your child(ren) in this class. In this class, we create a mixed-up land for your kids to explore. We combine story elements, lighthearted writing exercises and imaginative play to introduce your child to a whole new magical world—of writing!

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Kids

Level: Beginner

Class size: 25

Price: $149.00

Start date: January, 2024

Website: https://bravewriter.com/online-classes/story-switcheroo

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Healing Through Words: A Poetry Workshop for Wellness

GrubStreet

Join our nurturing and therapeutic poetry workshop designed to explore the profound connection between writing and wellness. In this class, we will embark on a journey of self-expression and healing through the art of poetry.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: October, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Elementary Writing: Animal Stories

Brave Writer

The Elementary Writing: Animal Stories course exposes kids to the fascinating and varied genre of animal tales. This class invites you to revisit old favorites and find new tales to explore as you uncover what makes animal stories tick. With the support of a writing coach, you and your children will read and enjoy stories of your choice together.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Kids

Level: Beginner

Class size: 25

Price: $199.00

Start date: November, 2023

Website: https://bravewriter.com/online-classes/elementary-writing...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Intro to Poetry: For Poets Who Don't Realize They Are Poets

GrubStreet

Do you have a love for metaphors and similes? Do you find yourself writing poems or lyrics in your journal that you often keep to yourself? If you've answered "yes" to at least one of those questions then you are a poet. Join this workshop to demystify the art of poetry.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: December, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Ghoul School: Writing Stories That Haunt

GrubStreet

The ghost story is one of the oldest and most powerful literary traditions—with the earliest depiction of a ghost dating back to a stone tablet from 1500 B.C.E. Babylon. What gives such stories such a powerful hold on readers? And what separates the successful ghost story that lingers in the readers' minds from one that merely features rattling chains and bumps in the night? In this course, we will explore a very brief history of the ghost story, discuss its conventions (and how writers have resisted such conventions), and practice writing micro-scenes that might serve for the start of your own work within this esteemed genre. This course will be useful for writers of any genre, but especially writers of short horror fiction.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: October, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP): Playwriting with Complex Female Characters

GrubStreet

Throughout history, strong female characters have been written as one-dimensional or as an archetype. It was a revolutionary act to write a complex woman. In this workshop, we will pay homage to our favorite complex women written in plays by using them to inspire our female characters.

Prerequisites: For writers age 13 - 18 ONLY.

Location: Boston

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: 25

Price: Free

Start date: October, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/young-adult-write...

World Building: Creating Planets, People, Creatures and More from Scratch with author J.E. Thomas

Denver Writes

Whether we write realistic, contemporary fiction, sci-fi or fantasy, our words create pictures in readers’ minds. In this workshop with middle grade author and Denver native J.E. Thomas, you’ll learn how to select and describe the elements that matter most in your imagined world

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Denver

Categories: Kids

Level: Any

Class size: Unlimited

Price: $25.00

Start date: November, 2023

Website: http://www.denverwrites.org/workshops/