Class Description
This National Novel Writing Month, get the support you need to write a novel … with style. We’ll begin in October with three sessions devoted to getting to know our characters and plot, exploring the worlds of our stories, playing with voice, and crafting a detailed novel outline. Expect lots of writing prompts, story maps, questionnaires, and other planning tools, as well as time to bounce your ideas around. By the end of the month, you’ll have everything you need to begin writing your novel. On November 1, NaNoWriMo officially begins, and we’ll kick into high gear, using class time to celebrate progress, solve sticky story challenges, and crank out words. Your goal is to have an entire draft of a novel (at least 55,000 words!) completed by November 30. This class is designed to support students who plan to dedicate November to writing a novel as part of National Novel Writing Month. Official enrollment in NaNoWriMo is encouraged but not required. To learn more about the program, visit nanowrimo.org.
Grub Street is happy to be able to offer a limited number of full scholarships for our teen writing camps. To apply for a scholarship, please complete and submit this online form describing why you want to take the teen writing camp and detailing your financial need. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is Friday, October 2nd at 12:00pm.
*If you are registering on behalf of your teen, add their email information in the “For a Friend or Child?” field on the right-hand side of the screen before you check out. This will send them a direct link and reminder to create their own profile with GrubStreet.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.