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!

Final Day Photo-Reel

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Last week’s Young Writers’ Workshop was a huge success, and we wanted to give one last thank you to all the awesome, ambitious young writers that participated this year. As a wrap-up post, here are just some of the pictures taken at Friday’s successful reading: The young writers receive a final, well-deserved round of applause. Until next year! ~ … Continue reading Final Day Photo-Reel

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