K-State Young Writers' Workshop

Readers, I can’t believe the week is almost over. Our writers have created some amazing fiction, poetry, and songs and had a ton of fun in the process. As we move closer to the end of our workshop, our young writers have thought more and more about Friday’s reading. While they are working hard to … Continue reading Making a Lasting Impression

Well, readers, it’s Wednesday, our midway point through the week, and our young writers are still full of pep and great ideas for creating amazing pieces of writing. Today, the young writers began thinking more about their reading on Friday and developed poetry during a variety of exercises. Speaking of the reading on Friday, I … Continue reading “The World is My Favorite Color”

Well, readers, we had another action-packed day at the Young Writers’ Workshop, this time filled with writing short stories. This morning, our writers used skills learned from yesterday’s visiting playwright, Catherine Trieschmann, to create short plays within their small groups.  Teamwork makes the dream work! Pressing pause on this activity, we were visited by fiction … Continue reading Am I Making Sense?

Well readers, the fourth annual Young Writers’ Workshop is finally here! I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t sleep last night because I was so ready to get started. And from all the positive energy in the Beach Museum this morning, I think our young writers were pretty excited, too! After staff introductions and … Continue reading Writing the Modern Romeo and Juliet

My oh my, this Kansas heat can only mean one thing: it’s almost time for another Young Writers’ Workshop at Kansas State University! This year’s staff has been hard at work planning another fun-filled week at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. The director, instructors, and I are so excited to meet all the … Continue reading Meet Our 2017 Staff

First and foremost, thank you to all who attended today’s reading. Dr. Karlin, our program director, believes it was the largest turnout we’ve had over the past three years. It meant so much to the young writers, instructors, and our program that so many of you turned out to support creative writing and our young … Continue reading Another Year in the Books

Well, readers, we’re nearly upon the last day of the Workshop, which means our young writers have started to turn their attention towards the final day’s reading. Although the reading is the culminating point of the week-long workshop, it isn’t the only aim of the week. Among other things, we here at the Young Writers’ … Continue reading The Quality of Things

Our morning began with the pop-up typhoon that whipped through Manhattan. But what is a rainy morning if not an excuse to get some writing done? Today, the young writers were especially prolific, moving from poems to plays to life writing. But while I have your undivided attention, I want to put something on your … Continue reading Where Do You Find It?

Well, readers, we hope you’ve made the most of this break in the heat. Our young writers certainly did! After answering the daily morning question, the young writers played a few games to refresh each other on their names. High-octane memorization: one-part hand-eye coordination, one-part alliterations on names. We then moved inside to begin thinking … Continue reading Historically Speaking

From what I can tell, nothing brings out a teenager’s competitive spirit like a scavenger hunt. And can you think of a better place to have one than in a museum? Not likely, right? Well, after introductions and a few icebreaker activities, our young writers formed into groups based on their answer to the question: … Continue reading Conflict Arises