Publish a Book: Class Anthology (Teen)
In this class, each student will write two short stories, then select one to publish in an anthology of the class’s work!
This is an excellent class for students who want to pursue careers in writing, as they’ll get to experience firsthand the process of writing, revising, editing, designing, and publishing their work.
This class meets once weekly over the course of twelve weeks for approximately 45 minutes per session, and requires time outside of class for students to work on their stories. Each session has a general theme or genre that students will connect their story to, though this is fairly loose and open to interpretation. You can see the themes when you check out class times!
Students will be held to a high standard in this class, but will absolutely be supported and learn critical writing skills along the way. The class will work together to title the book and design the book’s cover, though we endeavor to not treat either of these elements as a “competition” where one student wins— this is a group effort!
After publication, the book will be available to purchase online in ebook or print format. Any proceeds from sales will go to a secular reading-related charity that the class selects as a group.
Class breakdown:
Classes 1-3:
Discussion of basic writing fundamentals (even if they’re experienced writers, this is critical!) and structure of a short story.
Class 4:
Students will turn in their first draft of their first story before class four, and will receive written feedback from the teacher. During class time, we’ll discuss editing strategies— it’s quite different for creative writing than it is for academic work!
Classes 5-7:
We’ll go a bit deeper into writing styles and techniques, and students will begin work on their second story.
Class 8:
Students will turn in their first draft of their second story before class eight, and will receive written feedback from the teacher. Students will also be asked to start thinking on which story they feel strongest about, so that we can focus on that one for the anthology!
Class 9:
We’ll start to really focus in on the anthology itself, working together on a title and concepts for cover art.
Class 10:
Before class ten, students will turn in their second draft of their selected story for copyediting notes from the teacher. During class we’ll discuss which secular, reading-related charity we would like to donate any profits to (the teacher will have a few options, but students are welcome to research their own to present to the class!). Students will see early cover art.
Class 11:
Before class eleven, students must turn in their final, polished draft of their selected story. Students must meet this deadline in order to have their work included in the anthology. It cannot be added afterward. Work must be free of spelling errors, formatting errors, and grammatical errors! We’ll discuss the order of the stories in the anthology, see final cover art, and discuss the “blurb” for the back of the book.
Class 12:
We’ll click PUBLISH live in class, and have a wrap-up discussion and unofficial class-party!
Class times and registration info below!
In this class, each student will write two short stories, then select one to publish in an anthology of the class’s work!
This is an excellent class for students who want to pursue careers in writing, as they’ll get to experience firsthand the process of writing, revising, editing, designing, and publishing their work.
This class meets once weekly over the course of twelve weeks for approximately 45 minutes per session, and requires time outside of class for students to work on their stories. Each session has a general theme or genre that students will connect their story to, though this is fairly loose and open to interpretation. You can see the themes when you check out class times!
Students will be held to a high standard in this class, but will absolutely be supported and learn critical writing skills along the way. The class will work together to title the book and design the book’s cover, though we endeavor to not treat either of these elements as a “competition” where one student wins— this is a group effort!
After publication, the book will be available to purchase online in ebook or print format. Any proceeds from sales will go to a secular reading-related charity that the class selects as a group.
Class breakdown:
Classes 1-3:
Discussion of basic writing fundamentals (even if they’re experienced writers, this is critical!) and structure of a short story.
Class 4:
Students will turn in their first draft of their first story before class four, and will receive written feedback from the teacher. During class time, we’ll discuss editing strategies— it’s quite different for creative writing than it is for academic work!
Classes 5-7:
We’ll go a bit deeper into writing styles and techniques, and students will begin work on their second story.
Class 8:
Students will turn in their first draft of their second story before class eight, and will receive written feedback from the teacher. Students will also be asked to start thinking on which story they feel strongest about, so that we can focus on that one for the anthology!
Class 9:
We’ll start to really focus in on the anthology itself, working together on a title and concepts for cover art.
Class 10:
Before class ten, students will turn in their second draft of their selected story for copyediting notes from the teacher. During class we’ll discuss which secular, reading-related charity we would like to donate any profits to (the teacher will have a few options, but students are welcome to research their own to present to the class!). Students will see early cover art.
Class 11:
Before class eleven, students must turn in their final, polished draft of their selected story. Students must meet this deadline in order to have their work included in the anthology. It cannot be added afterward. Work must be free of spelling errors, formatting errors, and grammatical errors! We’ll discuss the order of the stories in the anthology, see final cover art, and discuss the “blurb” for the back of the book.
Class 12:
We’ll click PUBLISH live in class, and have a wrap-up discussion and unofficial class-party!
Class times and registration info below!
In this class, each student will write two short stories, then select one to publish in an anthology of the class’s work!
This is an excellent class for students who want to pursue careers in writing, as they’ll get to experience firsthand the process of writing, revising, editing, designing, and publishing their work.
This class meets once weekly over the course of twelve weeks for approximately 45 minutes per session, and requires time outside of class for students to work on their stories. Each session has a general theme or genre that students will connect their story to, though this is fairly loose and open to interpretation. You can see the themes when you check out class times!
Students will be held to a high standard in this class, but will absolutely be supported and learn critical writing skills along the way. The class will work together to title the book and design the book’s cover, though we endeavor to not treat either of these elements as a “competition” where one student wins— this is a group effort!
After publication, the book will be available to purchase online in ebook or print format. Any proceeds from sales will go to a secular reading-related charity that the class selects as a group.
Class breakdown:
Classes 1-3:
Discussion of basic writing fundamentals (even if they’re experienced writers, this is critical!) and structure of a short story.
Class 4:
Students will turn in their first draft of their first story before class four, and will receive written feedback from the teacher. During class time, we’ll discuss editing strategies— it’s quite different for creative writing than it is for academic work!
Classes 5-7:
We’ll go a bit deeper into writing styles and techniques, and students will begin work on their second story.
Class 8:
Students will turn in their first draft of their second story before class eight, and will receive written feedback from the teacher. Students will also be asked to start thinking on which story they feel strongest about, so that we can focus on that one for the anthology!
Class 9:
We’ll start to really focus in on the anthology itself, working together on a title and concepts for cover art.
Class 10:
Before class ten, students will turn in their second draft of their selected story for copyediting notes from the teacher. During class we’ll discuss which secular, reading-related charity we would like to donate any profits to (the teacher will have a few options, but students are welcome to research their own to present to the class!). Students will see early cover art.
Class 11:
Before class eleven, students must turn in their final, polished draft of their selected story. Students must meet this deadline in order to have their work included in the anthology. It cannot be added afterward. Work must be free of spelling errors, formatting errors, and grammatical errors! We’ll discuss the order of the stories in the anthology, see final cover art, and discuss the “blurb” for the back of the book.
Class 12:
We’ll click PUBLISH live in class, and have a wrap-up discussion and unofficial class-party!
Class times and registration info below!