by inklings | Feb 7, 2019 | Prompts and Activities
How do you get the big ideas out of your head and onto the page? In this mini-lesson we’ll play a game to shake out the ideas in your head so you can put them on paper. One of the ways we choose a meaningful idea is to write about a problem that matters to us. We...
by inklings | Jan 16, 2019 | The Ink Splat
This month, we talk to authors Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski. They talked to us about collaborative writing, combining interesting elements into one story, and the struggles of writing a trilogy. Want to catch up? Check out last month’s Ink Splat here. Writing...
by inklings | Dec 12, 2018 | The Ink Splat
This month, we talk to author Ashley Herring Blake about her coming-of-age novel, Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World. She talks to us about the way that stories and literature can give language to our experiences, questions, and fears, and also help us to...
by inklings | Nov 23, 2018 | News & Events
This year, in honor of Giving Tuesday, we’re inviting you to support SYI by giving $25. That’s it. Just $25. $25 ONLY. Society of Young Inklings’ mission is to empower youth writers. Our youth tell their powerful stories and witness the diversity of stories the...
by inklings | Nov 15, 2018 | Educator Corner, Parent Corner
Brené Brown defines emotional literacy as “the ability to recognize the emotion we are feeling, name it, and describe what is happening to us emotionally.” She goes on to say, “We can’t effectively move through an emotional experience without emotional literacy.” Her...