This is an excellent class for students who dream of becoming authors, 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.