The Story Of Emoticons: One Day workshop
Flow: Five Weekend Program
Unearth: Five Weekend Program
Aurora: Retreat for young writers
The Story of Emoticons: is a one day workshop on self-expression through creative writing for young adults. The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate children to understand and express their emotions in words.
Program Highlights:
- Observe and reflect on one’s emotions
- Share and care for your as well as feelings of others
- Recognize and accept your feelings
- Express in the form of letters, poems, articles, and stories
Flow : is a program designed with the purpose to help children shed their inhibitions, knock down each barrier and write freely!
The program focuses on key skills-
- Observation skills
- Questioning Ability
- Self Awareness
- Self Belief
- Creative Thinking
- Imagination
- Self Confidence
Program Highlights:
- Seeking inspiration for writing from everyday life
- Overcoming barriers that come in the way of writing
- Dealing with fear of failure and approval
- Understanding nuances of writing
- Interacting with an expert in editing/publishing industry/author/poet
About the Methodology-
We follow experiential methodology and each day will involve-
- Activities
- Discussions
- Reflection
- Writing assignments
Unearth: is an extension of the program ‘Flow’. But having done Flow program is not a prerequisite. Children further dig into their mind to reach the fountainhead of their thoughts in order to understand their thought process and write creatively.
Program Highlights:
- Analyzing and building your strengths
- Honing writing skills
- Creating Imagery
- Role of research in writing
- Exploring genres of micro fiction, jingle writing, free verse
Aurora : is a yearly retreat organized for young readers and writers. We sit in the lap of nature to think, reflect, share and weave our thoughts into stories.
Program Highlights:
- Understanding Writer’s Block
- Reading to write
- Delving deeper into nuances of writing
- Experimenting in flash fiction, poetry, short stories
- Rendezvous with a guest author
