Saturdays, February 8 — March 22, 2025, from 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. EST

Únete a nosotros en línea para Speak Up, un programa de escritura creativa para adolescentes que apoya el crecimiento artístico y profesional de los jóvenes.

En esto GRATIS miniserie virtual de taller de escritura creativa, los adolescentes se asociarán con artistas docentes experimentados para potenciar el proceso de escritura creativa, desde el borrador hasta la interpretación y la publicación, para mejorar la alfabetización y empoderar a la juventud en Miami a través de actividades de escritura basadas en la comunidad.

¡El programa está abierto a todos los adolescentes (de 13 a 19 años) y es tan gratuito como libre de tareas! ¡No se necesita experiencia previa!

March 1:

Instructor: Leslye Penelope
Theme: Writing Romantasy: Blending Love and Magic

The mixing of fantasy and romance is a great way to captivate readers. Learn how to weave these elements together to create unforgettable stories of love and magic. This workshop will help you understand the conventions of both genres and how to begin crafting fantasy settings, multi-dimensional characters, and popular tropes into an engaging plot.

Leslye Penelope has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winning author of fantasy and paranormal romance. Equally left and right-brained, she studied filmmaking and computer science at Howard University and sometimes dreams in HTML. She hosts the My Imaginary Friends podcast and lives in Maryland with her husband and furry dependents. Her latest novel is Daughter of the Merciful Deep.