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Our passions will continue to call to us; they will wake us from our sleep or call down to us from the ethers.
In another installment of The Writer's Journey, CWG Editor-in-Chief Sheila Wright interviews author Lyn Sirota!
In this edition of The Writer's Journey, CWG Online Editor-in-Chief Sheila Wright is pleased to interview long-time CWG member and author, Alfred Walker!
If you didn't have anything to say, you wouldn't even think about writing, but you do have something to say, and you know it. Should you keep moving forward?
Computers make drafting, formatting, and saving a snap–but don’t forget the trusty pencil-to-paper method of recording our thoughts and words.
In so many other areas of our lives, we are expected to complete tasks and are judged upon the end result. So we begin to treat the creative process the same way––as a task. But each one of our creative expressions acts like a mirror that gives us valuable insight into who we are and where we are on our journey.
As writers, we write because we have a story we want to share. But we also write because we want young people to read our work and enjoy it. We should stop and ask ourselves, “What do teens want to read?”
Today's kids live in a more stressful environment than ever–partially due to the competitive academic environment they face. But did you know that one of the cornerstones of a child's education–reading–can help children become better at managing stress?
At our core, we have never left childhood behind. It's a part of ourselves we can still connect with to “tune in and bring forth” compelling children’s stories.
Advice and reflections on raising children who are happy, independent, and authentically "themselves."
Teaching really isn’t about the paycheck. It’s about changing lives, building futures, and creating leaders.
Nonfiction can be easier to sell than fiction, because fewer people write nonfiction, but more publishers want it. It makes sense to start by finding a topic that interests you, and which will hopefully interest young people as well. You'll want to do extensive research with reliable sources. But research alone is not always enough.
