…and teen non-writers deserve them, too.
Teens have taught me a bunch about writing over the last couple of decades–both the teens who have already written five novels and the ones who would rather scrub under the refrigerator than pick up a pen.
You Know You’re a Fantasy Writer When…
by Kayleen Gill, who is one of my TEENWriters.
You know you’re a fantasy writer when…
1. …you spend countless hours inventing an Elvish alphabet.
Spring Vampire Mating Ritual
Sabrina Lowney, who is one of my TEENWriters wrote this, and I just had to share.
Sparkly vampires are actually kind of genius.
Steampunk/Post-Apocalyptic Dystopia, Go!
Written by the Scenes and Dreams class (One more Teenage Novelist class to go). Anyone care to continue the story?
Truly Awful Stories #3
Here we continue our series and allow writer Chandler Cook to have a crack at plumbing the depths of awfulness. This one has shades of Peter Shaffer…
Truly Awful Stories #2
Here is the second in our series–in which we see more of the awfulness a writer can achieve if she truly applies herself.
Night of Endless Sadness
by Sapphire Hotlips (also known as Marie Guenette)
Truly Awful Stories #1
Beginning with the idea that good writing comes from bad writing, my students in Teenage Novelist were challenged to write the worst story ever.