Join us July 24-28 from 9 AM to 12 PM for our Short Stories writing camp!
During the school year, our students write personal narratives, opinion pieces, and research papers, but it’s very rare that they get to write fantasy, science fiction, suspense, mythology, or historical fiction. Our camp this week will take a deep dive into crafting imaginative worlds, exciting characters, and dynamic stories!
Throughout the week we’ll learn strategies for generating ideas, creating compelling characters, learning from short stories we love, and unlocking the power of revising to make our writing as strong as possible. Campers should complete one story for inclusion in a printed, collected anthology of our writing from the week!
This camp takes place at Mayflower Congregational Church.
About Tim
Tim Saunders is an elementary teacher in East Grand Rapids. Currently serving as a 5th grade teacher, Tim has 18 years experience teaching elementary writers in Michigan and Colorado. Additionally, he’s also an undergraduate and graduate online lecturer at the University of Michigan and Grand Valley State University, former president of the Kent Reading Council, member of the National Writing Project, four time attendee of the Teachers College Writing Summer Institute, and a published writer. Of all these things, Tim loves teaching young writers.
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