By: Sharmin S., age 14 Skylight Bookstore, located on 1818 North Vermont, was the host for a WriteGirl public reading on Saturday, March 23rd. Many girls attended this wonderful event to hear each other recite their pieces. Girls took to the stage and spoke in front of many parents, passerby, and WriteGirl members, some of them doing … Continue reading »
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Today’s Writing Advice: Write What You Don’t Know
by Yamuna H. Write what you know, but be courageous and write what you don’t know. - Lines of Velocity, page 173 Writing what you don’t know can be extremely difficult. It often involves a lot of research and care to make a piece sound authentic when writing with about a setting, occupation, or worldview you … Continue reading »
Today’s Writing Advice: Colors
by Yamuna H. Her Voice Is Blue by Isabella L. (age 15 at the time) Louisiana blue, bayou blue, lonely, fragile, abandoned blue. Silver-gray blue, chalky Eucalyptus leaves in a trembling breeze. Bubbles catch in her throat and erupt in little trills. Her lips move and thin reedy Southern summer blues chase each other down … Continue reading »
WriteGirl Poetry Workshop
WriteGirl Songwriting Workshop
Fiction: Let Your Imagination Go Wild
By Maria F., age 17 This workshop was more than I ever expected it would be. I am a girl of fiction; I love creating new worlds and stories, and I thought I knew everything about writing fictional stories. I thought the way to write stories was to write whatever popped into my head, and … Continue reading »
Three Awards for “Intensity: The 10th Anniversary Anthology from WriteGirl:
Intensity: The 10th Anniversary Anthology from WriteGirl has won not one, not two, but three book awards! The most recent award is from the London Book Festival, which honors the best in international publishing. Here’s the full list of awards Intensity has won…so far: Winner, Anthologies, 2011 London Book Festival Honorable Mention, 2011 New England … Continue reading »
Dinner
by Janelle Fine, age 18 Excerpted from “Silhouette: Bold Lines & Voices from WriteGirl” Dinner A rusty knife and rotten peach chewed up words at the dinner table crisp white linen I saw verbs and nouns displayed on bone-white China how they devoured sin like crunching through glass with teeth or … Continue reading »
Yvonne’s farewell
By Yvonne, age 16, WriteGirl high school intern It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in the office watching Zoe write her “last goodbye” and now it is my turn! All this seems way too soon, and I really don’t want to leave! I still remember the first day of work when I was … Continue reading »
Become a fan of WriteGirl Publications on Facebook!
Did you know that WriteGirl publications have collectively won over 20 national book awards? WriteGirl books are especially popular with teen girls, teachers and parents. Click here to learn about becoming a fan of WriteGirl Publications on Facebook! Or, just jump right in and check out all of our books – available for sale on … Continue reading »
