Sharing Favorites, Book Binding & Final Reading: Day 5 of the 2025 Young Writers’ Workshop

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5 days of hard work, 5 days of creative expressions... and we're done!!! It rained showers of creativity today at the UMB hall of the Beach Museum! Friends and families of our creative writers, faculty of the English department, and other friends all gathered to experience the fruit of our young writers’ diligent work all … Continue reading Sharing Favorites, Book Binding & Final Reading: Day 5 of the 2025 Young Writers’ Workshop

Buggy Rocks, Flash Fiction, and Revision Magic: Day 4 of Our Young Writers’ Workshop

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It’s been one, two, three, four days into our workshop, and we can’t believe we’ve come this far!! Have you ever felt as light as a bug or as hard as rock? Day 4 started with a self-portrait of the writers as bugs or rocks. Instructors Mira and Noah helped the young writers explore personal … Continue reading Buggy Rocks, Flash Fiction, and Revision Magic: Day 4 of Our Young Writers’ Workshop

Magic Making, Playwriting… and more writing! – Day 3 of our Young Writer’s workshop

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If you were to describe your day in colors, what color would it be? Green for productivity, gray for calmness, or purple for the pride you have in your accomplishments? Yellow for a warm sun glow? Yesterday, I told you that today was going to be a lot of writing; well, here we are! We … Continue reading Magic Making, Playwriting… and more writing! – Day 3 of our Young Writer’s workshop

Visual Thinking, Writing Persona, Character Building, & Collage Poetry: Day 2 of 2025 Young Writers’ Workshop

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We started Day 2 of our workshop with a session on Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). I bet that, at least once, you have seen an artwork described it as “beautiful.” Other times, you might have felt the artist just made scribbles for elementary schoolers; or maybe you’ve had a mix of both experiences! This morning, … Continue reading Visual Thinking, Writing Persona, Character Building, & Collage Poetry: Day 2 of 2025 Young Writers’ Workshop

Map-Making, Imagery building & Dragonalia: Day One of the 2025 Young Writers’ Workshop

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We kicked off Day One of our young writers’ workshop today! Dr Karin Westman, the head of our English department at K-State, opened with a brief introduction, thanking the donors who made the workshop possible for their generosity. The director of the workshop, Dr. Ania Payne, welcomed everyone and eased us off into our opening … Continue reading Map-Making, Imagery building & Dragonalia: Day One of the 2025 Young Writers’ Workshop

Introducing the 2025 Staff!

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2025 Writing Workshop Instructors

It’s been a warmly beautiful summer! Wondering what we have packed for 2025 Young Writer’s Workshop? Well... vivid and heartfelt creative thrills; and lots of exciting activities that will leave our young writers feeling confident and inspired! The workshop is just a few days away, and our incredible staff have been hard at work. They … Continue reading Introducing the 2025 Staff!

Bookmaking, the End of the Fantasy Olympics, and the Final Reading: Day 5 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

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As all other things must, we have come to the end of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop. What a time it has been! The young writers explored a range of topics and mediums. From poetry, to prose, to writing for the stage, our staff has been impressed at every step of the way at the … Continue reading Bookmaking, the End of the Fantasy Olympics, and the Final Reading: Day 5 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

Fictional Food, Dynamic Characters, and Setting the Scene: Day 4 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

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For Day 4, food was on the menu. After answering the question “What fictional place would you represent at the Olympics?”, Noah led the young writers in an activity all about food in fiction. Starting with some classic scenes of eating in movies, including Ratatouille, Kung Fu Panda, and The Hobbit, Noah asked the young … Continue reading Fictional Food, Dynamic Characters, and Setting the Scene: Day 4 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

Improv, Mapmaking, and Building a Great Character: Day 3 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

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We’ve rapidly approached the halfway point of the workshop with another fantastic day. Wednesday brought new types of writing, including world-building, character creation, and theater. Young writers began the day with the question “If you win a gold medal, what song is your anthem?” As always, the young writers gave creative answers ranging from classics … Continue reading Improv, Mapmaking, and Building a Great Character: Day 3 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

Feeling First, Collaborative Poetry, and Blackout Poetry: Creativity and Craft in Day 2 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop

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Our second day opened just as our first did, with a question to get our young writers warmed up:  “Who/what are the marathon runners running from?” Writers gave a variety of reasons ranging from the abstract, such as “their problems/responsibilities,” to the concrete, such as “vampires.” After the young writers flexed their writing muscles, Aimee … Continue reading Feeling First, Collaborative Poetry, and Blackout Poetry: Creativity and Craft in Day 2 of the 2024 Young Writers’ Workshop