It’s the highlight of summer: young people who like to write come together for a week of sparking their creativity, playing at the page and sharing their work, all under the dedicated mentorship of some of our fine RedBird-RedOak Writers (Robert Vaughan, Pam Parker, Kris Jaeger, Susa Silvermarie, Laurel Poston, Alison Polivka and Kim Suhr).
As you might expect, the kids had a thing or two to teach us:
~Taking writing risks yields great writing rewards
~Ideas can come from some pretty unlikely places (a crazy hat, a marshmallow, a barred owl feather)
~When we step out of our comfort zone, we find all kinds of fun writing surprises
~The thought of sharing writing with peers is more scary than actually doing it (and once you’ve done it, it becomes addictive)
~Writing is more fun when it’s done with others
Many thanks to our 79 campers for their enthusiastic participation and to their writing coaches who gave them a week to remember.
