Length: 60 minutes
Max Participants: 20
Ages: Children 8-12 years old
All workshops are conducted online via Zoom. Sign-up required!
No previous experience necessary.
Let your imagination run wild with a series of three livestream creative writing and illustration workshops! In each workshop, Gavan Cheema will read 5 pages of her children's fiction piece in development, The adventures of Himmat Kaur and Fateh Singh, and together with a group of kids we will illustrate the pages, explore writing techniques and tips and make the story come to life! This workshop is a unique opportunity for children to be a part of the storytelling process. Not only will they learn what goes into writing a good story but their voices will help the further development of the piece!
This week we will focus on Setting, Themes and Conflict.
As always we'll start with a check-in, and illustration presentations. We will read all the pages we have so far as a group. We will have a discussion on what kind of themes are present in Himmat and Fateh, and how or if they resonate with their day to day lives. Then we will chat about setting and conflict and use Himmat and Fateh for examples. We'll end the session with a conversation on how they can start creating their own piece!
