Private Writing Lessons

Ages: 9yrs - 18yrs
Duration: 30min

Wildwood is thrilled to offer writing to people, writers, singers, and musicians of all ages. What techniques and tools did the writers use to produce image? Emotion? How can you use those same literary devices to achieve the same effect in your own writing? Poetry writing lessons nurture an intellectual, experimental, and supportive environment to express ourselves through humor, sincerity, passion — as yourself.

Centered on the students’ own development as a poet, students will write their own creative ideas and original work in lessons, while we experiment creatively, practicing new forms, and playing with writing prompts. You may find us spread out on the carpet, writing by the reflecting pool, or performing for one another.

When accessible, poetry in translation and foreign language poetry will also be read and written. Reading emphasis is distributed across a wide variety of canonized, contemporary, and experimental poets of various genres, ages, and styles.

For students enrolled in a minimum of 1series, lessons also culminate in an invitation to perform during Wildwood recitals.