Creative Writing Workshop for Metrowest Teens Starts March 4

“Creative Writing for Teens” is an after-school program encouraging self-expression and creativity. Sessions will be held from 3:30 to 5:00 pm on Wednesdays, March 4, 18 and 25 at the Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick, MA. Preregistration is required by March 2. The program is free to Metrowest teens.

Teens will explore poetry, fiction and non-fiction in a safe, supportive environment. Each teen will have an opportunity to submit a piece of writing at the end of the program for further feedback. Accomplished writer Giulietta “Julie” Nardone will lead the group.

The program is limited to 20 participants, ages 11 to 17. For more information and to register, contact the teen librarian, Robin Fosdick, at 508-647-6400 ext. 1546 or email teens@morseinstitute.org.

This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the Natick Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

“This program will encourage teens to unlock their own creativity and use it for the betterment of all,” Nardone, said. “Creative writing strengthens critical thinking abilities, problem solving skills and self-confidence. Creative writing opens teens’ minds to the possibilities of what life has to offer.”

Nardone has been offering creative writing classes on-line and throughout Metrowest to adults and teens since 2008. Her essays and stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, Skirt! Magazine, Underwired Magazine, Rollins Magazine, Common Ties, Flashquake, The Art of Spiritual Surrender, TravelWise, and Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, and broadcast on NPR.