Creating a Meaningful Character
Our most recent Inklings novelist, Sophia Nesamoney, tapped into her life experience and created characters who were extremely meaningful to her personally. Stories are always more engaging when writers care deeply about their characters and the situations they face....
A Day to Celebrate Youth Authors – Inklings Book 2018
As the Inklings authors arrive at Hicklebees, the sidewalk fills with excitement. Books are held and cracked open for the first time. We wait for the store to open, for the event to start, and I can almost see the butterflies flittering in stomachs. These young people...
September Ink Splat with Darcey Rosenblatt
This month, we talk to author Darcey Rosenblatt about her debut novel, Lost Boys. Darcey tells us about why she loves post-its, what it was like writing historical fiction, and how she balances her “traditional” job with her writing job. Want to catch up?...
Revision: Three Games to See Writing Through Fresh Eyes
One of my most delightful discoveries about using games to teach writers was the discovery that games go far beyond idea generation. One unexpected beauty of interactive games is the ability to model the questions and experimentation that revision requires. Writers...
Pesky Punctuation: Three Games to Help Writers Master Mechanics
In games, the rules are part of what makes playing fun. What if you could bring that same sense of possibility to your writers’ attitude about commas, punctuation and sentence structure? In today’s live session, we’ll explore three lively games to help your writers...
43.5 by Collin Goel
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Collin Goel! Collin finished 6th grade this past school year. The story he submitted is called “43.5.” Collin told us that his favorite part of his story is that “[e]verybody in my story has a special...
Purple Rain by Claire Wong
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Claire Wong! Claire finished 6th grade this past school year. The poem she submitted is called “Purple Rain.” Our judges enjoyed the strong visual elements Claire used in her poem. Enjoy! In a plain gray...
Trapping the Queen by Angeline Alex
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Angeline Alex! Angeline finished 5th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “Trapping the Queen” One of our judges called Angeline’s story “hilarious and witty.”...
