by inklings | Oct 24, 2017 | Prompts and Activities
Not everyone dreams of performing on Saturday Night Live. Still, we can all benefit from learning to improvise. Sometimes people confuse reacting on the fly with the art form of improvisation. It’s true, when we answer a question in class, a meeting, or toss...
by inklings | Oct 19, 2017 | Prompts and Activities
Developing creativity with style Many books have been written on the habits, personalities and actions of creative geniuses. Developing creativity is a fascinating subject. How did Michelangelo, Ada Lovelace, Albert Einstein, and Maya Angelou become the thinkers and...
by inklings | Oct 16, 2017 | The Ink Splat
Writing Challenge A young hero, a violin, and a quilt. How might these objects interact or connect? Create a story with a beginning, middle, and end that incorporates all three things. Submit your responses by emailing submit@younginklings.org and you might be...
by inklings | Oct 11, 2017 | Prompts and Activities
In the early days of Society of Young Inklings, our supporters gathered to discuss a mission statement. As the conversation progressed, we found ourselves in a tug-of-war: play, imagination, and creativity vs. real life. One group argued that we ought to show how a...
by inklings | Sep 25, 2017 | Prompts and Activities
by Joanna Ho Bradshaw It happens every time. It might happen after my first draft. Or, it might happen after several revisions. Inevitably, I reach a point where I get stuck. Banging-my-head-against-a-wall, pulling-my-hair-out stuck. My manuscripts are never...
by inklings | Sep 10, 2017 | The Ink Splat
The author spotlighted in this Ink Splat is Mitali Perkins. Writing Challenge You see your neighborhood every day. It’s easy to stop noticing the warm yeast of fresh baking bread, or powdery steam from dryer vents. We forget to see the carpet of purple flowers...
by inklings | Aug 31, 2017 | Prompts and Activities
by Kristi Wright Let’s say you have a dog. Your dog races around the yard, sniffing fences, grass, trees, and other things we’d rather she didn’t sniff. She barks at bees, at oranges, at a loud truck that rumbles past.She bounds back to you and stares at you with...
by inklings | Aug 24, 2017 | Prompts and Activities
by Rebecca Behrens I used to think that the raw materials for writing were paper and a pencil—or a new Word document, as the case may be. A blank page is what a writer uses to craft her story, much like a sculptor uses a lump of clay to make a statue. And so I...
by inklings | Aug 16, 2017 | The Ink Splat
The author spotlighted in this Ink Splat is David Butler. Setting Challenge Change the setting of your favorite story by selecting a random page in an atlas. Write the opening paragraph from this new perspective. How does the setting influence your story line and the...
by inklings | Aug 14, 2017 | Written by Inklings
Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2017 finalist, Julie Shi! Julie finished 5th grade this past school year. The story she submitted is called “Billy Meets Lilly” We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did! Leave a comment below on what you...
