In this session, we’ll hone our reporting skills by observing what works (and doesn’t work) in the viral celebrity interviews dominating your feed today. Whether you want to weave insightful interviews into your nonfiction work, or are simply curious about different journalism career pathways, this one is for you!
Creative burnout (that “I-have-ideas-but-also-none” feeling) is more common than you think, and in this session we’re unpacking why it happens and how inspiration is hiding in your everyday life: your texts, routines, memories, even the “boring” stuff. As it turns out, the creativity isn’t gone. You just haven’t been looking in the right places. So join us to unpack it and get your creativity flowing again.
The way you frame your voice…is your choice! Join this studio to learn how to develop a narrative voice that is unequivocally and uniquely YOU!
Though writing, we can explore themes of uncertainty, and can choose when to be truthful. In this session, students will learn conversational writing by identifying their writing styles, and truthful feelings that they want to write about in a conversational way.
In this studio session, we’ll cover the key differences in the academic curriculum between high school and college, along with how to read a syllabus and make a plan to achieve the grades you want.
Taking our favorite pieces of media, we’ll consider our personal connections to fandoms and use them as inspiration to create our own fanworks!
Politics is not for a select few—government impacts every single one of us. Explore how you can get involved and use storytelling to influence policy.
This studio explores how to write powerful villains and morally complex characters by focusing on belief, motivation and internal logic rather than simple “good vs. evil.” Participants will learn how antagonists mirror the hero, challenge their beliefs, and create deeper, more meaningful conflict. By the end, they’ll be able to craft layered villains whose perspectives feel real, compelling, and impossible to ignore.
In this community studio, participants will explore the DIY Publishing world and how to distribute their zines through zine fairs, consignment, art boxes and more! (plus the freedom of binding and sharing your zines in cool shapes!)
Everybody has money on their mind right now, and for good reason! Our partners at Raymond James join us to demystify and destigmatize all money matters.
