Why Fancy Word Arrangements Don’t Make a Story
Daniel Schwabauer
We have a guest post on the "Teach Them Diligently" blog today, telling the "story behind" The One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN).
9 Ways to Encourage Creativity in Your Kids
Lisa Pennington, Guest Contributor
Lisa Pennington, of The Pennington Point, is mom to several OYAN students—among them J. Grace Pennington whose guest post we featured last week. The Penningtons are such a creative group, we asked Lisa for pointers for cultivating creativity in our homes.
Does Your Creativity Have to Grow Up?
Tineke Bryson, Staff Writer
Life throws many changes at us. They threaten an end to our creative ambitions. Whether it’s a job with no wiggle room for ideas, so much college homework you’re worried you’ll lose your love of reading, or a new life role (marriage, parenthood, anyone?), change has a way of making us feel like a naive idiot for calling ourselves a writer, an artist, an adventurer.
Why Young Writers Need Community
Jeff Miller, Guest Contributor
We asked J. Mark Miller, dad to an "OYANer" (a One Year Adventure Novel student) who is also a fantasy-writer himself, to share some reflections for other writers and their parents.
Thoughts on the 2011 OYAN Summer Workshop, pt 1
Daniel Schwabauer
I should have known something interesting was about to happen at this particular conference. As I looked at the proposed topics offered by various speakers, a common theme emerged: writers in community. An odd combination, it seemed to me.