Writing Workshop for Tweens and Teens

About the Program

Category: Libraries (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Palmetto Bay Branch Library of the Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is conducting an ongoing program, Writing Workshop for Tweens and Teens, to connect youth with reading from a position of being in the driver’s seat by creating their own stories. The workshops are designed to teach youth how to construct their own story elements- how to create fictional worlds, characters and plots in a fun way that is empowering and connects the youth with story while energizing their relationship with literature. Youth used staff provided techniques and created their unique story worlds, characters, conflict, dialogue and scenes. The program series had return attendees who used writing from the previous program as an extension to work from. A core objective of any educational institution should be to build a lifelong love of reading. It is integral in that process to create a relationship between youth and literature. There is no better way to form a relationship with books than to feel that you can create your own stories.