Events

Writing Camp: Creative Writing for Teens

These courses will bring together students and instructors who, as experienced writers themselves, serve as mentors to guide students through the process of creative writing. Each camp session will be facilitated by at least two highly trained and talented UCF creative writing majors, working under the direction of Professor Terry Thaxton. During writing workshops, both the instructor and peers will offer detailed criticism geared toward revision. Through this process of writing, critiquing, and revising, students will develop confidence in their own writing.

Morning Session, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Story and Script
In this session, students will study the basic structure of a Hollywood screenplay as a starting point for writing stories and short scripts. They will be able to recognize the principles of screenwriting and apply it to reading and writing fiction. Each student will write one short story and/or one short script.

Afternoon Session, 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

Poetry and Creative Nonfiction
This session will focus on writing as an act of imagination and on memory as an ocean of ideas. Students will learn tools of poetry such as image, form, and musicality, which will also apply to creative nonfiction. Students will be shown how to use their senses to create vivid and rich poems and real-life stories.

More Information

See attached flier or visit http://ce.ucf.edu/creative for additional information and online registration.