Fiction Writing Workshop For Kids

Learn to write a short story

4.70 (17 reviews)
Udemy
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English
language
Creativity
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instructor
109
students
31 mins
content
Feb 2020
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$39.99
regular price

What you will learn

how to create a story from an initial story idea

Create a story about a pet

Learn valuable lessons from the pet story

Write a quest story

Write a story about superheroes

Learn how to create your own story

Description

This workshop provides grammar school and middle school students with a simple, step-by-step approach to creating and developing a short story.

Three separate story ideas are explored and in each one, the students are lead through a process to develop the characters, the plot and the story setting. Text boxes are used to record the student's ideas and these text boxes are then used to develop and write the story on their own.

In the first story, the students will write about a pet that has superpowers. The second story involves the characters going on a quest. The third story uses superheroes as the characters.

These stories form the backbone of several lesson sessions that will reinforce and amplify the process and increase the students awareness of the story writing process.

The first lesson is called Lessons Learned and it uses the pet story to illustrate that a story can’t be developed from a singe idea: many ideas are required. Other lessons are also provided such as a story-telling guide and a tutorial on how the students can develop a writing voice that is distinct from their speaking voice.

Finally, there is a lesson on how the students can create their own stories. The students then use a set of blank text boxes to support and collect their story ideas prior to writing the story,

Content

Introduction

Introduction

Getting Started

Getting Started

Pet Story

Pet Story-Introduction.
Pet Story-Characters
Pet Story-Setting
Pet Story-Plot
Pet Story-Scene Design

Lessons Learned

The pet story illustrates a few valuable lessons

Story-telling Guide

A few tips on how to write a better story

Writing Voice

Learn to develop a writing voice

Quest story

Quest story introduction
Setting and characters
Plot

Superhero story

Superhero story introduction
Superhero story setting
Superhero story characters
Superhero story plot

Create Your Own Story

Create Your Own Story

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Reviews

Hakeem
January 10, 2021
The instructor provided a simple and easy to understand method for for story writing. I really enjoyed this course!
Lynn
April 21, 2020
Incredibly informative workshop with easy-to-use printable worksheets for elementary and middle school students! Published novelist, Hank Quense, has a wealth of experience to share, and our students (in Montclair, NJ) had so much fun brainstorming and creating their own story ideas during Hank's in-person workshop. I really like when Hank asserts, "There are no bad ideas." I have seen how his approach really excites students and grants them permission to let their imaginations run wild without inhibitions. In this online course, Hank offers some story-starting ideas, (such as the "Pet Story"), and guides the listeners through the process of brainstorming and developing ideas for story, setting, character, plot, and scenes. He also teaches about writer's voice, dialogue, and essential tips for writing in a concise way while engaging the reader. This is a great teaching tool that would be very useful for online instruction and in the classroom. Hank Quense is a very talented writer and inspiring teacher!

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