In this summer writing workshop, students practice skills in expository, descriptive, persuasive, narrative, and creative writing. In addition, students unearth hidden reading talents and create strategies to improve their writing. Through peer collaboration, students learn to write more clearly for their readers. Instruction includes traditional lessons about the mechanical structure of an essay plus narrative elements like characterization, plot arc and development, and individual creative expression. Projects include creating a storyboard, solving a mystery, looking for secondary meanings, writing a poem, creating an animal, and conceiving an invention. The class also provides a unique opportunity to meet friends from all over the world while developing and practicing the craft of writing.