Bookbinding, Readings, and a Week to Remember: Day 5 of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop  

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1, 2, 3, 4…and just like that, it’s Day 5!   It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the final day of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop!   The morning began with our young writers sharing their favorite moments from the week. They reflected on all the memories they had made together, mentioning highlights such as listening to one another’s readings, finding inspiration … Continue reading Bookbinding, Readings, and a Week to Remember: Day 5 of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop  

Empathy, Poetry, Art, and Fiction: Day 3 of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop 

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Day three of the 2026 Young Writers' Workshop focused on empathy, perspective, poetry, art, and fiction as our young writers spent the day exploring different ways of seeing the world through writing.  The day began with the Question of the Day: "What would your character have for breakfast?" The young writers shared creative and often humorous responses … Continue reading Empathy, Poetry, Art, and Fiction: Day 3 of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop 

Nature, Poetry, Art, and Imagination: Day Two of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop

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Day two of the 2026 Young Writers' Workshop was filled with reflection, creativity, observation, and imagination as our young writers explored the connections between nature, writing, art, and storytelling. The day began in the garden with a reflective nature-writing session facilitated by Maranda. Our young writers spent time observing a piece of nature and writing … Continue reading Nature, Poetry, Art, and Imagination: Day Two of the 2026 Young Writers’ Workshop

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

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

Oh, The Places They Went

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With their big public reading just a day away, the young writers are officially in prep-mode. Pens went to paper in nearly every activity as they begin to polish what they’ve been working on all week. But before they reach their final destination of sharing their work with family, peers, and other members of the … Continue reading Oh, The Places They Went

Who I Am

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Everyone loves a good villain, and our young writers are no exception. This statement came into focus as our young writers tackled their third large group activity, which incorporated the idea of “collective storytelling.” Instructor Carmen Schober led the writers in three attempts to “tell one big story together.” The writers prefaced each round by … Continue reading Who I Am

Words, Words, Words

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The word of the day for our young writers? Words. Whether big or small, foreign or familiar, words provided the foundation for Day 2 of the Young Writers’ Workshop. And rightfully so: We need words to tell stories, after all, and as our young writers became acquainted with new ways to tell stories during the … Continue reading Words, Words, Words

Meet Our 2015 Staff

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The days are getting hotter—and longer—yet somehow we have reached the midpoint of summer vacation. With that midpoint comes the good news: We are now less than a week away from the second annual Young Writers’ Workshop here at Kansas State University! Everyone involved this year is very excited to begin work on “Chapter 2” of … Continue reading Meet Our 2015 Staff