Ridgefield Parks & Recreation hosts writing community for children and teens.
Calling all local teens! Do you enjoy creative writing, but feel like you only ever write essays in school and never get around to free-writing at home? Then Muse Squad’s Anthologies summer writing program, beginning in just under a week, is for you! Local creative writing nonprofit Muse Squad will be running The Anthologies, a week-long summer series that combines music history and the study of song lyrics to inspire teen writers as they develop a variety of creative writing techniques and craft stories of their own.
Each daily two-hour session allows students to listen to and explore the world of a selected song by Joni Mitchell, whose timeless voice and lyrics they will use to produce profound metaphors and examine universal themes in their own works of creative writing. The classes put particular emphasis on rhythm and emotion, and concludes with a Final Reading and reception on the last day to celebrate the inspired works created by each young writer over the course of the week and all the hard work that each student put in.
The program takes place July 22nd-26th and is offered for ages 13 and up. Sessions are scheduled to meet from 4:30-6:30pm Monday through Friday of the program week, and will be held at Ridgefield Parks & Recreation (195 Danbury Road) in Ridgefield, CT.
The Anthologies aims to provide a welcoming and supportive environment where teens can delve into their creative sides and experiment with a variety of writing styles under the guidance of Miss Brittney and the inspiration of fellow students. Muse Squad welcomes all skill levels and a variety of age groups in its programs.
To register for The Anthologies summer series, visit the Ridgefield Parks and Recreation site at Muse Squad Summer Creative Writing Workshops | Ridgefield Parks & Recreation (ridgefieldparksandrec.org). For more information on Muse Squad and future events, please visit https://musesquad.org.
Muse Squad was established in 2022 by Ridgefield mom Brittney Richardson, who dedicated herself to improving access to creative writing opportunities for local youth upon first moving to the area with her family. Miss Brittney has a BA in English and MFA in Fiction and aims to use her expertise and guidance to foster an exploratory environment where local children and teens can experiment with their literary style and develop a toolkit of important creative writing techniques.
Muse Squad is proud to work with the Ridgefield Parks and Recreation Center in bringing summer creative writing experiences to local young writers. The Parks and Recreation Center has been an integral part of the fabric of Ridgefield and its community for over 20 years, and its mission of providing wellness and recreation to all serves daily to positively shape the lives of many of the town’s youth.
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