High School

Telling great fiction stories lets you explore the “what ifs” of life—what if someone had to make an impossible choice, what if a mystery unraveled everything, what if a character changed because of one defining moment? Writing fiction helps you understand people, express complex ideas, and give voice to the things that matter most to you.

These courses will help you become a skilled storyteller one story at a time.
Every two weeks, you’ll focus on a single craft technique—developing multidimensional characters, building strong plots, applying the GMC framework, crafting tension, writing natural dialogue, creating vivid settings, and more. Then you’ll use that technique to write a complete short story from start to finish. Instead of producing one long story for the entire semester, you’ll create multiple stories, each one deepening your understanding of how effective fiction works. By the end of the course, you’ll have a portfolio of original stories that reveal your unique voice and your growth as a writer.

These techniques do more than strengthen your writing—they sharpen the way you think. Understanding goals and motivations helps you analyze decisions in real life. Crafting plot structures strengthens organization and logical reasoning. Writing dialogue and conflict helps you communicate more clearly and understand perspectives different from your own. Revising teaches you how to evaluate your work and improve it with purpose. Every two-week cycle trains you in creativity, critical thinking, and communication—skills that matter in writing, school, relationships, and future careers. By the time you finish the semester, you’ll know how to craft stories worth sharing and ideas worth expressing.

Middle School

Great stories matter because they let you explore choices, challenges, and exciting possibilities—all through characters you create. When you learn how to tell powerful stories, you also learn how to express your own ideas in a way that captures attention.
This course lets you become the kind of storyteller who gets better with every story you write. Every two weeks, you’ll learn a powerful new writing technique—character development, plot structure, the GMC framework, dialogue, setting, conflict, and more—and then you’ll use that technique to create an entire short story. Instead of writing one long story over the whole semester, you’ll build a series of stories, each one giving you a chance to practice a specific skill and see your writing improve on the page. By the end of the semester, you’ll have a full collection of stories that came entirely from your imagination and your choices as a writer.

And while you’re creating these stories, you’re also building skills you’ll use for the rest of your life. Understanding character motivation helps you understand people. Building a plot strengthens your ability to organize and evaluate ideas. Writing dialogue helps you communicate clearly. Revising strengthens your critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Each two-week cycle makes you more confident, creative, and capable. By the end, you’ll know how to tell stories that are exciting, meaningful, and completely your own.

High School

Create Great Stories: High School Story Studio invites you to explore fiction writing in a fresh, low-pressure, creative way. You’ll learn how to develop expressive inner voices for your characters, give them meaningful goals, challenge them with real conflict, and write dialogue that reveals emotion and purpose. In the advanced semester, you deepen your craft with more advanced storytelling skills. You’ll learn how to build atmospheric settings, create layered antagonists, design full story arcs, and write compelling duo-driven stories. Each cycle ends with a polished short story that you’ll be proud of and wanting to share with your friends.

But here’s what matters most: your stories belong to you. This course doesn’t hand you a formula or force you into a specific style. Instead, it gives you tools that help you tell the stories you want to tell — stories that reflect your personality, your creativity, your ideas, and your voice. You’re the author. We simply help you write with more power and clarity.

Middle School

Create Great Stories: Middle School Story Studio gives you a chance to write the kinds of stories you actually want to read. You’ll learn how to develop characters with real feelings, give them strong goals, throw problems in their way, and write dialogue that captures their emotions. In the advanced course, you take everything you’ve learned and push your storytelling even further. You’ll build settings that pull readers in, create villains with strong motivations, shape entire story arcs, and write duo stories where two characters team up (or clash!) in interesting ways. Every month brings a new story challenge — and a new chance to grow. You’ll create a brand-new short story and watch your writing skills grow with each one.

But the best part of all is this: your stories are completely your own. This course doesn’t tell you what to write — it helps you make the stories in your imagination more powerful, more exciting, and more meaningful. You get to decide who your characters are, what they want, what stands in their way, and what kind of ending feels right. You’re in the driver’s seat, and your creativity leads the way.