2025 KWLA Summer Schedule

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• Culver City and Zoom Classes Capped at 6 students 

• Register: kidwritersla.wufoo.com/forms/z1bgm4kb0dmejlm

• Payment: Check/Venmo@Risa-Gechtman or Zelle@3108019170

 

CREATIVE WRITING BOOTCAMP $475 

Fantasy Frenzy - Participants will sample a variety of engaging fantasies on the way to creating their own fantasy worlds and adventures. We will focus on story structure, strong dialogue, tension building, and stellar sensory detail creation.  Stories will be read aloud to parents, salon-style, in our final session.  

 

July 7, 8, 9, 10, 11        10:00-12:00

 

July 28, 29, 30, 31, August 1      10:00-12:00

   

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COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY Writing $475 

​Jumpstart the time-consuming work of college application essay writing.  This six-hour workshop focuses on turning student strengths into unique personal statements. Rising seniors will analyze strong sample essays and complete their own Common Application drafts (good for over 1000 colleges and universities).  KWLA has helped secure acceptances to Yale, UC Berkley, Carnegie Mellon, USC, NYU, UCLA, Purdue, University of Washington, and many other esteemed learning institutions.

July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12     6:30-7:30

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FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS  $475

Practice, practice, practice! This class is designed for upper elementary and middle school-aged students who could benefit from more practice with the basics, including sentence structures, paragraph construction, and other key conventions.

July 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24    10:00-11:30 

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If you'd like to organize a group of KidWriters for a foundational or creative workshop, let me know and I'll be happy to facilitate it. 

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