by inklings | Aug 16, 2018 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Ava Hendrix! Ava finished 6th grade this past school year. The poem she submitted is called “I Will Wait.” Ava said, “I like the imagery I used in my poem to show the dark times life can bring, but...
by inklings | Aug 15, 2018 | The Ink Splat
This month, we talk to author Anne Nesbet about her new novel, The Orphan Band of Springdale. Want to catch up? Check out last month’s Ink Splat here. Writing Challenge Anne drew inspiration for her newest novel from stories in her family’s history. For this...
by inklings | Aug 13, 2018 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Jacquelyn E. Lo Bianco! Jacquelyn finished 8th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “Our Beginning.” One of our judges said, “I enjoyed the development of unusual characters,...
by inklings | Aug 13, 2018 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Katherine Yang! Katherine finished 5th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “Bittersweet.” Katherine said, “Life is full of happiness, sadness, and unexpected things. What I...
by inklings | Aug 13, 2018 | Educator Corner, Prompts and Activities
Help your writers discover their personal wealth of experiences that can be transformed into small moment stories. We all know what it’s like to face a blank page, stuck, when we’re asked to write about our own lives. Surely, something interesting has happened to us?...
by inklings | Aug 10, 2018 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Jade Wang! Jade finished 8th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “Life Through the Eyes of a Telescope.” One of our judges said this about Jade’s story: “Choosing to...
by inklings | Aug 10, 2018 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Rachel George! Rachel finished 6th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “The New World.” Rachel told us her favorite part of the story is the way that Kiana doesn’t lose her...
by inklings | Aug 7, 2018 | Educator Corner, Prompts and Activities
Spark an air of possibility and play for your writers as you kick off their writer’s journals this year. Help them feel open to experimentation, excited about word play, and full of inspiration about moving the big ideas out of their hearts and heads onto the page....
by inklings | Aug 3, 2018 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2018 finalist, Inés García! Inés finished 8th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “The Sound of Peace.” In her description, Inés said, “My story demonstrates that even in the darkest of...
by inklings | Aug 2, 2018 | Educator Corner, Parent Corner
The difference between strong and struggling writers is smaller than one might think. Writing success boils down to one key question: Are you confident about your writing? Let’s explore what writing confidence looks like, and then unpack three secrets to help any...
