Childhood is a time when the world is entirely unfamiliar. We are learning, growing, and gathering experiences that impact how we view and participate in the world. When writing from a child's perspective, it is easy to fall into traps of creating work that is overly sentimental, contrived, or downright clueless. To combat this; we must re-enter our own childhood memories and attempt to reimagine the mundanity of our world. We will revisit places from our youth; schools, grocery stores, swimming pools. We will reconvene our childhood notions of authority figures, teachers and bus drivers and college students. Most importantly–we will get in touch with our childhood selves. Together we will look at story models, discuss the artistic process, and practice writing the specific experience of childhood in a way that honors the fascination and fears of early development. There will be a series of prompts, and attendees should anticipate…