Stone Soup, the literary magazine 100% written by kids since its founding in 1973, is pleased to announce the continuation of our writing workshops! Join us this spring for Adaptation: Crafting Stories from the Familiar and the Unknown, a multi-week, virtual course led by writer, translator, and professor Conner Bassett.

This course is designed to explore the art of adaptation in storytelling, where we will delve into transforming existing narratives, concepts, and ideas into original and compelling pieces of writing. Over the course of nine workshops, you will learn various techniques and strategies to adapt stories, themes, and characters from diverse sources into your own unique creations.

A note from Conner Bassett: "I value emotional and formal risk-taking. I value hard work. I value openness to criticism and a sense of humor, especially about yourself. Respect for others. Community building. Empathy for all your characters. Complex details and themes. Specificity in language. A sense of place. Surprise. Above all, passion for reading and writing and paying attention to being alive."