Centauri Arts offers creative virtual and in-person creative writing classes for teenagers, and creative writing camps for children and teens – plus, occasional creative writing workshops for adults. But what are the benefits of creative writing classes?
Creative Writing Classes Help Improve Writing Skills
Our parents tell us that when their children and teens take creative writing classes with us, their academic grades improve. The more you write, the better at it you become – creative writing classes are a terrific way to improve writing skills!
Creative Writing Classes and Camps Create Enthusiastic Readers
Young people who write more, read more, too! Whether young writers are interested in writing poetry, writing short fiction, writing novels, writing plays or exploring genre fiction such as fantasy, science fiction, mystery or historical, writing encourages a love of reading, too.
Young Writers Need Community!
Creative writing is something we do alone, but young people need to ‘find their tribe’. When a teenager wants to write a novel, or a screenplay, or a collection of poetry, it helps to know others share their interest.
Creative Writing Skills can Lead to a Career!
Careers in publishing, editing, copy writing, marketing, television and film are all viable and respectable creative writing career options – in addition to the less certain option of becoming a best selling author! There are plenty of valid career-related reasons for a parent to encourage a love of writing.
Creative Writing Develops Essential Life Skills
Our inspiring creative writing prompts are not only fun and enjoyable, but they encourage life skills. When young people create fictional characters, they ask themselves why people behave the way they do – and this builds empathy. Young people who excel at something they love to do (whatever that might be) build confidence and feel good about themselves. Creative writing is a vital tool for young people needing an emotional outlet. Young writers who attend writing classes and writing camps also feel validated and recognised for something they are good at.
Creative Writing is Fun!
Young writers create stories, build worlds, sculpt adventures, create conflict, explore drama. They discover that while reality is defined by rules, in the worlds of our imagination, the possibilities are limitless. Creative writing builds happy people. Period.
