Monthly Archives: November 2013

by Gabby Dolgonos Artwork by Katie King   Growing up, I quickly realized that there were lots of people better than me at lots of things. Needless to say, that bothered the eight-year-old me,  it bothered the eleven-year-old me, and it still bothers the fourteen-year-old me. I used to search and search, trying to find...

by Erin Harvey, Age 15, USA Artwork by Journey Meyerhoff   My hand quivered as I stared into the red liquid in the glass. It sloshed against the sides, leaving bloody streaks in its wake. I pressed my back against the door and took a steadying breath. I was overreacting. The vampires seated behind the...

by Laura Michelle Thomas   I think this might be one of the most confusing formatting issues for new writers. How do you show what a character is thinking when you are writing in the third person point of view? Why is it so confusing? It’s confusing because there is some flexibility in how you...