{"id":36552,"date":"2024-02-29T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=36552"},"modified":"2024-02-29T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:13:40","slug":"book-fair-offering-free-creative-writing-workshops-for-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/book-fair-offering-free-creative-writing-workshops-for-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Fair Offering Free Creative Writing Workshops For Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speak Up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Miami Book Fair\u2019s creative writing and performance program, is offering free workshops through March 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seven-week virtual series seeks to help teens in Miami-Dade County between the ages of 13-19 enhance their creative writing skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attendees will learn more about drafting, publishing and performing through brainstorming activities and freewriting exercises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chantel Acevedo, author of the fiction series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muse Squad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will lead the workshop on March 2. Sajni Patel, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drop Of Venom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a fantasy fiction novel, will star in the program on March 9 and March 16.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe&#8217;re trying to offer as much help as possible to encourage students to write and tap into their creative skills, whether they think they have them or not,\u201d said Marci Cancio Bello, a program coordinator for the MBF. \u201cEverybody is a good storyteller.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themoth.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The Moth<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a nonprofit organization that promotes the art of storytelling, will host a storytelling assembly to conclude the program on March 23.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To register, visit <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamibookfair.com\/speakup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.miamibookfair.com\/speakup\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information contact Bello at (305) 237-7889 or at <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:mcanciob@mdc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mcanciob@mdc.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speak Up, Miami Book Fair\u2019s creative writing and performance program, is offering free workshops through March 23. 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