Never too young to write
I have always advocated reading books. But what’s even more powerful than reading is writing. No one is ever too young nor too old to...
Writing in Filipino
One of the books read aloud to our young writers during our summer writing workshop was, “Salamat Po!” by Russell Molina. It’s a book...
Quick Author Chat: Gabriela Lee
Our writing center, Where the Write Things Are, recently invited writer and UP creative writing professor Gabriela Lee to our Flash...
Writing Prompt Booklets for Young Writers and Young at Heart Writers
I love buying writing prompt books. We have it at Where the Write Things Are, our writing center, just in case our young writers need...
Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life
Snoopy and the Peanuts gang really makes me laugh out loud. So when I found a book, Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life, tucked away in a...
Book Spine Poetry
Another summer is almost about to end! What I love about the summer is that Where the Write Things Are discovers new young writers that...
Children's Letters to God
I’m having a Pope Francis hangover. I was glued to the TV from the time Pope Francis arrived to the time he left Manila. I even watched...
How do you say sorry?
The featured piece this week from one of our young writers has got to be the hippest way to apologize to someone. It’s even in poetry...
Sit Down and Write
Our featured writer for this week is 11-year-old Katrina. She finished her story in about four hours (or even less) during our Write...
Food Writing
I always look forward to summer, as we discover a lot of new kids and teen writers during this time of the year at our summer creative...
