This week, I had the honor of heading back into a classroom environment to teach a writers’ workshop to a group of teens at the Washington-Centerville Public Library. I was overloaded when I arrived, carting in many of my favorite books on writing, rejected manuscripts to share how much work goes into getting one title published, and tons of things for an "Inspiration Station" in case any of the workshoppers needed a little help with an idea. I was so excited when people started to arrive! The attendees were lively and excited to get to work, and they inspired me so much with all of their creative ideas.
You know how I love pictures, so here we go!
The Inspiration Station – in case anyone needed a little help getting an idea.
The group . . . at least, most of them.
Me, my turtle, my swing, and my puzzle box.
I used some of my favorite things to prompt ideas from the group.
It’s amazing how many story ideas you can generate from a few objects.
We went from an item that symbolizes a friendship to a murder weapon in about two seconds!
Writing . . . shhh.
Check out the hammer.
How could you fit that into a story of your own?
The lovely group!
Strike a pose!
Me and the super cool teen librarians.
Why am I holding an ARC of my book?
Because I totally forgot a final copy – duh.
And, cool story, the library has so many holds on their copies, they were out!
I hope everyone who attended the workshop left feeling as inspired as I did.
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