Looking for cool Christmas ideas for the writer you know?
I taught at the Young Writers Workshop (which is part of the Cape Cod Writers Center Summer Conference) and I’ve gotta tell ya – my class of crazies totally rocks.
I have eight of the brightest, wildest teen writers this side of Hogwarts. They are tackling everything from twisted retellings, to high fantasy dragon shifters and dream thieves, to awesomely wicked horror and family murder and magic, to bookworms-turned-assassins, to glorious contemporary dramas. I look at my class and each writer there is dedicated to their story, their characters, and (amazingly), one another.
Thank heavens there isn’t a story-slam at the end of this because my clan of teen writers would wipe the floor with ya!
In just a couple of days, they have joined forces to pull the best stories and voice from each of their manuscripts, offering twists and turns and solutions to one another that the creator never saw coming. I’m showing them my personal tricks of the trade and they are intent on getting it right. They are determined. Fearless. They are true story-crafters and can write circles around many adults.
Because all writers should indulge in a few tools of the trade, I am listing a couple awesome apps and toys for my class here on my website. Of course, you TOO can steal a peek . . .
AWESOME APPS:
Lists For Writers: http://thinkamingo.com/lists-for-writers/
Evernote: https://evernote.com
Index Card: http://www.denvog.com/app/index-card/
AWESOME TOOLS:
Dragon Speech-to-text software
iworkz Foldable Keyboards (for writing on the fly)
Author K.R. Conway has a page on the Young Adult Author Rendezvous Website HERE.
YA Author Rendezvous 
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