WRITE YOUR OWN STORY!
Creative writing workshop for youth ages 12 and up
Photo: AUTOKAR Animation by Sylwia SZKIŁĄDŹ I Belgium - France
Creative Writing Workshop: Dreams, Courage & Stories
A workshop full of stories, questions, and ideas!
How do we stay true to ourselves? What does it take to follow our dreams? How can stories give us courage?
Inspired by The Island That Travels Through Time, this creative writing workshop invites young writers to explore their own voice.
Through Izzy’s journey to find the courage to be herself and Ariana’s fight for the right to dream, we will reflect on what it means to stand by what truly matters to us.
With fun and engaging exercises, we will write letters to our future selves, reimagine the world as we’d like it to be, and bring characters to life on paper.
A journey into storytelling, self-expression, and the power of words!
Implementers: Danai Dragonea
Danaι Dragonea is an award-winning author, journalist, and co-founder of the organization Every Single Story, dedicated to women's storytelling and amplifying female voices. Her novel The Island of Rain – A Secret Diary received the 2023 Debut Author Award for books for children and young adults from the Greek Section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People). The same novel also won the 2023 Young Adult Fiction Award from the Public Bookstores (Public Book Awards). She has delivered talks on female identity and gender stereotypes, while Every Single Story's podcast As Long as It Lasts, I’ll Be Here! received special mention at the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. In October 2024, her new book The Island That Travels Through Time was published by Dioptra Editions.
The Island That Travels Through Time by Dioptra Editions.
Izzy really wants to stay in Corfu, but her dad has decided to return to London. To change his mind, Izzy and her best friend, Eddie, put into action a plan: to make him fall in love with Eddie's mom. There is, of course, one problem... The two parents are not compatible at all. At the same time, the beginning of adolescence brings a series of misunderstandings but also some important "first times": the first hookup, the first kiss, the first time you tell yourself the truth. Will Izzy and Eddie manage to stay together when everything around them seems upside down? Meanwhile, in 19th century Athens, Izzy meets Arianna, who is struggling to find her place in the world. Will Arianna finally feel like she belongs somewhere? And what will happen when her great love makes her a great proposal? Izzy, always optimistic, insists that, no matter what, everything will be fine. At least for some... at the last minute...