K-State Young Writers' Workshop

I don’t know about you, but it feels like the Young Writers’ Workshop just began! It’s AMAZING to think we only have one more day left with the writers. I’ll hold in the tears for now, but I can’t make any promises for tomorrow’s reading. Today marked a shift in the writers’ perception of writing. … Continue reading Wants, Wishes, and War

          Today marks the middle of the week, and it’s crazy to think we only have two more days of workshop! For now, the writers and staff are keeping the emotions at bay so we can focus on the Friday’s reading. In preparation for the reading, the writers have been hard … Continue reading Perform Like You Mean It

          Today the young writers embarked on a journey of self-discovery through poetry. The morning began with a discussion of what poetry is, how to create memorable sensory details, and the impact of word choice.            The writers were eased into poetry, first writing mad-lib poems about … Continue reading I Am Poetry

As the sun dawned on a beautiful, if humid, morning in Manhattan, a Disney lyric popped into my head: “And at last I see the light, and it’s like the fog has lifted.” While I could see the literal light, a figurative one was shining in my heart because the fifth annual Young Writers’ Workshop … Continue reading Lumpy Ketchup and Other Top 40 Hits

Incredible things are happening in Manhattan this summer. Besides the release of Incredibles 2, as heat and humidity descend on K-State’s campus, there is a single beacon of hope that shines on the horizon. Yep, you guessed it: the 2018 Young Writer’s Workshop begins this coming Monday!   The directors, instructors, and I have been … Continue reading Meet Our Incredible 2018 Staff

First and foremost, all of the staff at the Young Writers’ Workshop would like to extend a big thank you to all those who made it out to the reading today. It meant so much to the young writers, instructors, and director that so many of you came to support creative writing and our young … Continue reading That’s a Wrap!

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