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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just posted this on the Camps forum, but it seems like most of the info there is for much younger kids.  Does anyone have any experience with a good creative writing camp/seminar/class for summer?  My DS is 16 and loves to write, but the one I found -[b] NVWP at George Mason - seems to skew much younger even though it says it goes through 12th grade[/b].  I think he would be more comfortable with older teens.  Any recommendations would be much appreciated![/quote]

I'm the PP -- not sure why it seems to skew younger to you but I saw a lot of older teens at the summer camp these past three years. I would phone up the folks who run it and just ask things like how many teens your kid's age are attending this year, etc. They'll be cool with that. I do know that the older kids get an option overnight as well, but not sure if it applies to only the seniors....

If your teen loves to write so much that she does it on her own, is she aware of NANOWRIMO, or National Novel Writing Month? They have a youth and teen program:

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/

Kids write their own novel in a month (really they just commit to WRITE whatever they can, setting their own word goal. Full novel not really expected and nobody's judging and your kid never has to put anything online -- this is mostly about encouragement from like-minded lovers of writing.) My kid loves this to bits and has found a nice (and well monitored) online community of other kids and teens who write and read as much as she does. Check it out. There is also a "Camp Nanowrimo" site for summer writing inspiration. [/quote]

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