2026 Summer
Brainstorming Clinics

Grounded in the way successful writers write: 
Everyone is original, Everyone has genius, and Everyone is a writer.

Summer 2026 Brainstorming Clinics for Middle & High School Students

Registration for the Moving Words Summer Brainstorming Clinics opens on February 15, 2026. These three-day, in-person clinics for Middle and High School students focus on the first, most generative stage of the writing process and can be life changing for students who believe they cannot write or are not good at it, for whatever reasons.

Peggy Sturdivant leads the summer clinics in Ballard. Peggy has been working with students of all ages for 20+ years and as a teacher and administrator with Moving Words Writing Clinics since 2013. Students will learn how the brain finds ideas and practice various techniques to access them. These techniques can be applied to many types of writing--personal, academic, essay, poetry, or other story genres. The Middle and High School Clinics are three days, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 10am - 3pm. All sessions are limited to small groups.

Middle School
Brainstorming Clinic

Instructor: Peggy Sturdivant
July 20-22; 10am-3pm
Tuition: $875
Location: 6412 34th Avenue NW, Seattle 98107

For Middle School Students
Entering Grades 6-8 in Fall 2026

High School
Brainstorming Clinic

Instructor: Peggy Sturdivant
July 27-29; 10am-3pm
Tuition: $875
Location: 6412 34th Avenue NW, Seattle 98107

For High School Students
Entering Grades 9-12 in Fall 2026