Writing Workshops
ALL WRITING WORKSHOPS ARE AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND, AND ARE GUARANTEED TO SPARK CREATIVITY!
Corporate creativity sessions are available, as well as workshops for kids and adults of all ages at schools, libraries, and other venues!
Writing to the Beat of Your Own Drummer
A Slide Show and Writing Workshop for schools, libraries, and conferences. My most popular presentation! Slide show runs about an hour, with questions and answers, and may be presented up to three times per school day, with remaining time spent on writing workshops. See my "School Visits" section for more info on school presentations.
Christmas Creativity: A Writing Workshop for the Holiday Season
Linda Oatman High, author of books for children, announces "Christmas Creativity," a holiday writing workshop, available from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. Including High’s two Christmas books - "The Last Chimney of Christmas Eve" and "A Christmas Star" - along with her songs of the same titles, Linda Oatman High (decked out in Christmas costume) offers an exciting session that may be held day or night, school day or weekend. Using holiday writing prompts and games, along with glow-in-the-dark novelties, High sparks creativity with exercises such as "Reindeer Reporter," "Elf Email", "Christmas Candy Dance," "Snowman Songs for Santa," and "Creating Christmas."
Christmas lights and animated decorations add to the spirit of the workshop, which has received rave reviews from teachers and parents, students and librarians.
"It’s sometimes difficult to keep children focused during the holiday season, but not when they’re in Linda Oatman High’s workshop," said one teacher, delighted with the children’s excitement over writing.
Special guests, varying from an 1800’s chimney sweep to Santa Claus to a snowman, make occasional surprise appearances at High’s workshops.
Christmas lights and animated decorations add to the spirit of the workshop, which has received rave reviews from teachers and parents, students and librarians.
"It’s sometimes difficult to keep children focused during the holiday season, but not when they’re in Linda Oatman High’s workshop," said one teacher, delighted with the children’s excitement over writing.
Special guests, varying from an 1800’s chimney sweep to Santa Claus to a snowman, make occasional surprise appearances at High’s workshops.
Winter Wonderland: A Writing Workshop
(Kids LOVE this one!)
Join Linda Oatman High in a blizzard of creativity in "Winter Wonderland: A Writing Workshop." Bringing a flurry of excitement with her new workshop that’s storming schools across America, High's writing exercises include:
*Snow Poems
*Blizzard Fiction
*Emails from an Igloo
*SNOW DAY: NO SCHOOL! (A news headline session)
*Snow baby on My Front Porch
*Don’t Eat Purple Snow
*Songs of Sledding in Sleet
*City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888" (using Linda’s book of the same title)
Join Linda Oatman High in a blizzard of creativity in "Winter Wonderland: A Writing Workshop." Bringing a flurry of excitement with her new workshop that’s storming schools across America, High's writing exercises include:
*Snow Poems
*Blizzard Fiction
*Emails from an Igloo
*SNOW DAY: NO SCHOOL! (A news headline session)
*Snow baby on My Front Porch
*Don’t Eat Purple Snow
*Songs of Sledding in Sleet
*City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888" (using Linda’s book of the same title)
Fairy Writing
This magical workshop uses fairy-theme prompts to inspire the muse. Exercises include:
Fairy Dust Poetry
In The Enchanted Forest Fiction
Fairy Dust Poetry
In The Enchanted Forest Fiction
Bubble Writing
A fun workshop using bubbles and music!
Float away on bubbles of creativity.
Float away on bubbles of creativity.
Sports Writing
A 2-hour session which makes writing fun for sports enthusiasts, ages 8-14, including such exercises as:
- Bowling for Poems
- Rappin' Baseball
- Radical Skateboard Songs
- Snowboard Stories
- Football Fiction
- Wrestling With Words
Writing by the Seaside
For all writers - published, unpublished, or anywhere in-between!
Award-winning author for adults and children, Linda offers a seaside course in writing, including creativity-sparking sessions:
For more information, please contact Linda via email.
Award-winning author for adults and children, Linda offers a seaside course in writing, including creativity-sparking sessions:
- "Flotsam and Jetsam": Using debris from the lost ship of daily life to create heartfelt fiction.
- "Wordsmith Mermaid": Becoming someone else through story.
- "Spindrift": Refreshing and nourishing the writer’s life.
- "Creativity Cabana": Making a space in your home for writing.
- "The Bermuda Muse Triangle": How not to lose ideas to the Graveyard of Lost Writing.
- "High Tide, Low Tide": Working with the ebb and flow of creativity.
- "Clam, Conckle, Conch, and Cone": Collecting the broken shells of life to create writing that sings.
- "Beacons": Recognizing the warning signs of writer’s block and following the light.
- "Ripples in the Sand": Writing poetry from the soul.
- "The Deep Blue Abyss:" Finding your muse and riding the waves of ideas.
- "Throwing Bottles into the Ocean": Submitting and marketing your work for publication.
For more information, please contact Linda via email.
Writing by the Light of the Moon
(Kids LOVE this one!)
A fun nighttime workshop for kids or adults with radical gel or light up pens and journals provided, as well as glow-in-the-dark novelties such as Glow Necklaces. Black Light Writing is available for indoor or outdoor workshops.
TOP HATS AND TIARAS: A Revision Workshop
In a "fancy writing" session, Linda guides students through the revision/polishing/shining process as the kids wear top hats and tiaras!
A fun nighttime workshop for kids or adults with radical gel or light up pens and journals provided, as well as glow-in-the-dark novelties such as Glow Necklaces. Black Light Writing is available for indoor or outdoor workshops.
TOP HATS AND TIARAS: A Revision Workshop
In a "fancy writing" session, Linda guides students through the revision/polishing/shining process as the kids wear top hats and tiaras!
Sk8ter Creator
A WRITING SESSION FOR PUNKS, freaks, SKATERS, AND OTHER REBELS
Includes:
Includes:
- Purple Plaid Punk Poetry
- Freak Indie Fiction
- The Tattooed Dude
- Skater Songs: (Red Dreads and My Best Chuck Taylors: Writing a Street Punk Anthem of Your Own)
Wizard of Oz Writing
Linda Oatman High guides students through the magic of creativity with Oz-themed prompts.
Session is conducted to the original soundtrack from the movie!
Session is conducted to the original soundtrack from the movie!
Writing Your Life Story: Turning Memories into Memoir
A writing workshop for family reunions, retirement communities, and anyone who wants to record their memories on paper, including such exercises as:
- The Baby I Was and the Babies I've Loved
- Letter to Somebody of Importance
- Photos With Significance
- Love of my Life
- Television Memories
- Houses I've known and loved
- Political events of today and yesterday
- Music of my years
- The Things We Keep
- Fashions and Fads
- Best Christmas Ever
- Loss of Loved Ones
- What I'll Leave Behind
Radical Writing
A Cool Writing Workshop For Teens
Join children’s book author Linda Oatman High for an awesome, non-boring writing workshop guaranteed to spark creativity!!
Workshop includes fun writing games:
Join children’s book author Linda Oatman High for an awesome, non-boring writing workshop guaranteed to spark creativity!!
Workshop includes fun writing games:
- Extreme Sports Poetry
- Radical Reporter: Using News Headlines To Ignite Ideas
- Survivor Island
- Creating Cool Comics: A Mix of Words & Pictures
- TheTattooed Dude: Bringing Characters to Life
- Rappin’ Writing: Rhythm Plus Poetry Equals Songs
- Getting Published: Suggestions for Internet and Print
Renaissance Writing
Awaken your medieval muse, with prompts about dragons and castles, ladies and knights, jousting and ratcatchers!! Renaissance music is played to inspire students. Educational and fun!!
Cowgirl Writing
Rustle up some creativity with Linda Oatman High. Write around the campfire to the tune of western crooners. Linda includes prompts from her horse-related books "Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse, "Tenth Avenue Cowboy," and "The Girl on the High-Diving Horse." Available for dude ranches, as well as for groups, schools, etc.
Writing Workshops For Girls and/or Women:
- "Falling Into Toilets: Writing Your Darkest Secrets"
- "Heart-Write: Writing From Your Inner Self"
- "Finding Your Inner Mermaid"
- "Setting Your Skeletons Free"