Romping Through the Woods: A Capstone Seminar in Writing for Teens

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Young adult fiction explores the vast landscape of writing for teens. Wonderful and diverse literature will be dissected in this class with the explicit purpose of cultivating an understanding of this genre, and demonstrating the deep, underground danger in the forest of a teen's inner psyche. The beginning of the journey starts with fairy tales. Writing for this age group requires following the same parameters for all good writing : diction; plot; character; dialogue and detail. As we romp through the forest together, you will be engaged with the skills of dissection, workshopping and revision in order to discover the primal scream of a teen. Close inspection of the literature will enable you to find a voice suitable to the stories you want to tell.