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What do creative writing classes teach a class 6 girl that school English doesn't?

cinnamon_diary_4195

She writes stories at home, long ones, mostly about her friends as detectives. Her class 5 English teacher suggested a creative writing class 'to give it direction'. There are two near Domalguda and one online, all with very confident brochures. I can't tell what she'd get there that reading a lot and writing for fun isn't already giving her. If your child did one, what changed? I'm half hoping someone tells me not to bother.

3 comments

  • hazel_spoon_2904

    'Give it direction' towards what? Competitions, school marks or just better stories? Those are different classes. My elder one did a term of one aimed at competitions and it mostly taught her a formula: strong opening line, twist, moral. Her stories got tidier and less like her.

  • saffron_notebook_3232

    Son did a six-week online one. He liked the teacher's comments, not the exercises. Small group helped.

  • cedar_kettle_1867

    We tried one for my son around class 4. The good part was that someone other than a parent read his stories seriously and asked him questions. The bad part was weekly prompts he didn't care about, and he stopped writing his own things for a while. If she's already writing for herself, I'd protect that first. Maybe find an adult who will read her stories and talk to her about them before paying for a course.

    • cinnamon_diary_4195

      There's a retired English teacher in our building who has offered to read her stories before, and I never took her up on it. Someone reading seriously is probably exactly what she wants. Going to ask this week.

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