Articles related to "Young Writers"

Young authors develop confidence in their writing while participating in writing workshops facilitated by local authors at writing camp.

Melissa Burmester started writing novels when she was only twelve years old. Now, three years later, she's the proud author of the book, Ginger High.

If you hope to inspire your child to write and send mail the old-fashioned way, this project is the perfect motivator.

National Novel Writing Month is a perfect homeschool activity, allowing budding novelists to take on a worldwide challenge that comes with great resources.

November is a busy month for most people, with preparation for Christmas and other holidays. Throwing a challenge like NaNoWriMo into the mix can make it even scarier.

Many teens write and dream of being published, but it's not well known that there are numerous resources available to young writers that make publishing a viable option.

Advice for writers in their teens and early twenties interested in managing their new writing career.

When teens discover Anne Frank, they usually find a friend across the years and distance. Her private diary and short stories hold special meaning for gifted writers.

Every November, tens of thousands of people around the world spend 30 days and nights frantically trying to write 50,000-word novels.

Co-written and directed by Joachim Trier, Reprise is an insightful film about the writer's life, and the compromises an artist makes for love and friendship.

Good descriptive writing depends on the creation of vibrant word pictures. This assignment helps students improve their observation techniques.

Bored to Death on HBO stars Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ames, a writer who dreams of being a private detective. Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis co-star in the comedy.

Learn the ingredients of motivating reluctant middle school writers through the use of Harry Potter literature in your classroom.

Primary students often resist revising their writing because handwriting is difficult for them. Learn how to help students use the writing process without a struggle.

Studying authors' lives and works helps students read with better understanding, write with more purpose, and realize that inspiration for both comes from daily life.

Ideas to help children submit writing and become published writers or artists in magazines, on websites, and in other publications.

Advanced students learn to understand that their ideas, beliefs, insights and hunches can be stated in a non-threatening way by writing a thoughtful thesis statement.

MokitaGrit Productions reprises Charles Dickens' adaptation at England's first pub theatre which produced playwrights Noel Coward Terrence Rattigan, and Harold Pinter.

Pierre Berton, a talented and beloved author, shares his writing experience and advice in this engaging and amusing book.

Young writers would be well advised to learn and practice the basic mechanics of working with a manuscript. There are certain rules that must be followed to succeed.

Using Roald Dahl books to demonstrate examples of excellent descriptive writing is an easy and motivational way to inspire children to write more descriptively.

Rejection from a literary agent can be disheartening and confusing. Figuring out why a manuscript is rejected requires honest self-appraisal.

Thinking about taking a workshop for writing science fiction or fantasy this year? Here are the top ones.

city-lit books are a new kind of travel guide, showing a city through the eyes of writers new and old. The Paris title ranges from Proust and Victor Hugo to Kate Muir.

Claire Keegan's 'Walk the Blue Fields' has won the second Edge Hill University Short Story Prize at a ceremony held at the historic Bluecoat Centre in Liverpool.

The rise of the online blog has given budding writers vehicles to express their views and opinions on a manner of sports as well as telling a good story or yarn.

Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill, Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra are some of the young talents in successful offbeat Bollywood movies in 2009.

A young girl's vivid imagination leads to devastating consequences in this adaptation of the novel by Ian McEwan.

Ninon de L'Enclos was one of the most famous and controversial French women of the 17th century, and her name remains synonymous with beauty and wit.

Adam Fould, himself an award-winning poet, has produced a stunning interpretation of poet John Clare's struggle with madness.

Two passionate poems by Arthur Rimbaud and D.H. Lawrence; love and lust, gleaned from the summer season; the glory of uninhibited abandon.

A historical novel about the extraordinary life of a 17th century girl who transforms the course of her life by changing her gender.

As a national literary prize, the PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually for the best work of fiction by a published American author.

From March to June, a plethora of writing journals have contest deadlines that every writer should know about. Here's a look at what's out there for aspiring writers.

Picture books are a great way to teach kids about what authors do. You can use these books to model just about any part of the writing process.

As a pioneer in female journalism, Joan O'Sullivan Vassiliads blazed the path for other females to enter the journalism field, and helped many of them in later years.

Many young writers lack color in their writing. By practicing a few simple techniques they can take their writing from dull to dazzling.

William Faulkner became famous for his writing and infamous for his drinking while creating award winning novels, poems, short stories and screenplays.

Writing contests are valuable tools, helping writers to hone their craft, but writers also should be aware that contests are not the only way to receive feedback.

Fiction from Tom Purdom, Chris Willrich & Eric Brown, James Patrick Kelly's silver jubilee story and columns from Robert Silverberg and editor Sheila Williams.

Vietnamese-Australian author Nam Le has captured international attention with his best-selling collection of short stories.

Best known for his essays, short stories and lengthy novels, David Foster Wallace will be remembered as one of the most innovative American authors of his time.

Thirty-two writers in the Young Adult genre share their work and words of encouragement in an effort to get young poets writing the right way.

In Bethan Roberts latest novel set in Sussex in 1936, a conservative local girl takes up a position as a cook for a flamboyant American woman and her unusual household.

A pseudo-sequel to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay in the comics form, The Escapists delivers postmodern meshing of art and reality.

Based on the bestselling novel by horror writer Stephen King, Carrie the horror movie remains one of his best adaptations.

A review of Dreamspinner Press' Christmas Dreams anthology released to warm up your festive season with a huge selection of gay interest stories, but is it worth reading?

National Novel Writing Month and Book in a Week programs push writers fast. How do they work? Can writers produce anything good when the focus is quantity, not quality?

Celebrate June, July and August with free summer holiday writing prompts and fun ideas and projects about vacation, Father's Day, Fourth of July, and Independence Day.

Dostoevsky enjoyed erratic literary success during his lifetime, but his experiences socially, politically and military would influence the development of his writing.