How Do You Teach A Writing Workshop?
“Hi, I’m Laura from youngwritersworkshops.com and I’m going to talk about how to teach a writing workshop. Depending on your target audience, you’re going to format your writing workshop a little bit differently but in any case, no matter who the audience is, you want to start with the idea that writers workshops are composed of writers. Make sure you communicate that you’re going to be coming to this workshop as a writer and not as a person who’s learning to write. This distinction is important because you want your writers to value each other’s opinions as much as they value your opinion as a workshop teacher. Its often helpful, especially if its a short term workshop to come up with a focus, for example memoir writing or poetry writing because that gives your participants a little bit more to hold on to, a little bit more of something to focus on that you don’t want to leave it too wide open or it might be hard for people to, for the group to gel and give each other good feedback. A
