For the first time ever, we’re offering Lost Lit’s Get Lit style workshop just for you! This creative writing workshop is the farthest thing from school you can imagine. No homework! No 5-paragraph essay structure or thesis statement or grammar police. Think Summer camp without leaving your own backyard. Without the cheesy team building, ice breaker games. Without the cliques and longing to fit in. In this workshop-you will write! There will be scrumptious snacks. And hopefully, you will have fun!

Here’s what will happen in every workshop. You’ll be given writing prompts meant to stimulate one or more of the five senses. We write together for a timed amount of time (anywhere between 5-15min). We come back as a group and voluntarily share our writing. By applying the Amherst Writers & Artists method, all feedback with will be treated like fiction, supportive and positive. There is no room for criticism. This method will allow your authentic writer’s voice to emerge, will dare you to go deep into memory, scene and your unconscious. You will walk away with a ton of new, raw writing and a newfound confidence that you are, without a shadow of a doubt, a writer.

KATHY MOORE is a born teacher, a writer and literature lover. She has a BA in French Literature from Cornell University and an MA in TESOL from Hunter College. As part of her graduate work at Hunter, she specialized in teaching writing to K-12th grade students. She has taught English as a Second Language in the New York City public school system for the past ten years. Last year, she had the opportunity to travel to Cuba with a group of high school students and mentored them in writing blog posts about their experience. In addition to working with the K-12 population, she also teaches in The School of Continuing Education at Hunter College. In 2014, Kathy found Lost Lit, which not only ignited her passion for writing, but had her fall head over heels in love with the Amherst Writers & Artists method. She is now certified as an Amherst Writers & Artists Workshop Leader and is excited to introduce NYC’s teen audience to this magical and transformative way of writing.