Fairfax Collegiate Summer 2026

Have fun and learn—while building skills that last well beyond summer.

Creative Writing
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Creative Writing

Write, share, discuss, and revise essays, short stories, plays, and poems.

Write daily. Revise drafts based on instructors’ comments. Publish works in a class anthology, and submit works to writing contests.


Students in Creative Writing get to tell stories and imagine new worlds. They develop their skills and try new forms of creative expression. Through clear guidance, fun discussions, and step-by-step practice, students build confidence as they explore the writing process.

Students experiment with strong beginnings, vivid details, and lively dialogue while learning helpful tricks to make their writing shine. Each day brings a new creative challenge that keeps the class upbeat and imaginative.

By the end of the course, students bring home a binder filled with the writing they created and revised. They leave ready to write with more skill, courage, and creativity—whether for school assignments or their own storytelling adventures.

  • 1. Genre Discovery
  • 2. The Creative Process
  • 3. Style and Mechanics

  • 1. Short Stories
  • 2. Playwriting
  • 3. Poetic Language
  • 4. Giving and Responding to Feedback
  • 5. Pre-writing Activities
  • 6. Revising for Perfection
  • 7. Personal Narrative
  • 8. Comics, Fables, and Fairy Tales