Students all over the world are writing novels next November, and you can too!
Learn more about it here.
Photo courtesy of Antelope Valley Press
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 12/18/2007
While you are waiting for next November’s Stump the Librarian column, check out Amber’s Virtual Library. Find out about young writers just like you who have been published! Wow your family and friends with your writerly wisdom after reading some of Amber’s suggested books on writing! Add some great books about kids and teens who write to your “books to read” list!
Remember to keep writing!
Tavia
You have written your novels, and now it is time to take it to the next step! Check out our I Wrote a Novel! Now What? page. This page is for all you blossoming novelists! It comes complete with advice on revising your novels from professional authors, information about writing contests, directions to cool writing centers in your area, and much more.
Check it out and make sure you let us know if there is anything we could add to make this an even better resource for young writers!
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 01/22/2008
Hello Novelists!
I wanted to write a quick note to let you all know that Script Frenzy is right around the corner. Script Frenzy is a world-wide writing event, just like NaNoWriMo, but instead of writing novels, participants create original, full-length scripts in the month of April. With a wild deadline fast approaching, writers chuck self-doubt and pesky editing tendencies right out the window, and lose themselves in the rush of creation. This is truly a Script Frenzy, where typing out beautiful, flawed stories that no one else could have dreamt up is exactly the point!
As with all Office of Letters and Light events, Script Frenzy is free. This isn’t a beauty pageant, so there are no valuable prizes awarded or "Best Of" categories. Each and every writer who attempts their goal is victorious and awe-inspiring and will get a Script Frenzy Participant Certificate and web icon proclaiming this fact. Really, you have nothing to lose—except knowing that you could have written a better movie or play than the one you just watched, but you didn’t.
So come on over and check out the Script Frenzy website! Sign-ups being on March 1, but in the mean time check out all the Writer's Resources we have on the site. If it sounds like something you might want to try this April, spread the word. Tell your teachers, your friends, your parents. Tell everyone to get into The Frenzy this April!
Tavia Stewart
Need some inspiration to jump start your creative engines before, during or after NaNoWriMo? Check out our brand new, grade-appropriate, mind bending, creative writing Young Novelist Workbooks for kids and teens! The workbooks come packed with worksheets and activities, including character questionnaires, novel-related art projects, and much more.
To find out why NaNoWriMo is a great way to inspire your students to write, read teacher testimonials, articles about NaNoWriMo in the press, and awe-inspiring stats on our new YWP Media Page