Class Description
Class Descriptions:
It’s April and that means it’s Camp NaNoWriMo! For the month of April, writers all over the world will declare a creative goal and spend 30 days writing their pants off. Camp NaNoWriMo is similar to November’s National Novel Writing Month, but with a fun twist: Camp NaNoWriMo is a writing challenge that lets you choose your own writing project and path rather than focusing only on a novel. The possibilities are literally endless: write a poem every day; create a graphic novel with your friends in one month; rewrite that novel you wrote back in November, etc.
This class will be a fun and generative write-a-thon day! The goal is to have fun, write a lot, and meet fellow writers. Equipped with prompts, fun writing games, and a sense of humor we will spend the afternoon “camped out” with our creativity and see where it takes us.
Takeaways:
If you have a specific April goal you want to work toward during this write-a-thon day, great! If you have no idea what you want to write but know you want to write something, great! You will leave class with new ideas and material, ready to take on the rest of April!
Who Should Register?
For high school writers age 13 - 18 ONLY. Writing notebooks will be available, but feel free to bring your own.
*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.
(After adding the class to your cart, click "Checkout" and click “Add” next to “For a Friend or Child?” on the right-hand side to fill in their email. This is an easy way of linking the class to your child and encourages them to create their own account.)
Parents/guardians must also complete this permission form online if your teen is under 18. **Note: unlike previous forms, you only need to fill this out ONE TIME, not for every class. If you cannot remember whether you have already filled it out, please email [email protected] and we will check for you!
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.