Writing@home with Misty Yarnall (fiction workshop series for students in Grades 4-8 via Zoom)
Through this Zoom workshop, students will participate in a variety of creative prompts and activities to jumpstart their creativity. Topics will range from worldbuilding, character development, plot structure, outlining, and positive sharing. Activities will engage writers on and off the Zoom platform to prevent excessive screen time. Students will leave this workshop with a community of young writers and a portfolio of short stories.
Class will take place on Zoom for six consecutive Tuesdays, starting October 11th and ending November 15th from 4:30-5:30 PM EST. It is best suited to students currently in grades 4-8. This class will be supportive, generative, informative, and fun!
Registration is $270 for the 6week series. Zoom link will be sent at the time of registration and again the day before class.
Misty Yarnall received her BFA in Creative Writing from Purchase College. Her work can be found in a handful of literary magazines, including Prime Number Magazine, The Roadrunner Review, KAIROS Literary Magazine, and The Merrimack Review. She holds awards in the Sixth Act Playwriting Competition and the POV Fest Screenwriting Contest. She has served as an apprentice and intern within the youth programming department at Writers & Books and is an active editing intern with DLG Publishing Partners. Misty organized and taught HVWC’s summer writing program, Writer’s Express, in summer 2022 to great success.
