When kids write in school, they are expected to follow a set of rules. They’ve been learning the rules for years through a systematic process of steadily adding more rules, along with an increase in expectations as to how the rules are applied. For example, in kindergarten we want…

“How should I approach writing my story?” A question I receive often. And if you can think of a specific answer, I guarantee there’s an author somewhere that agrees with you. If you start listening to authors who discuss their writing process, you’ll learn all sorts of ideas…

Imagine you have a kid in your life who loves to write. She comes up with story ideas, writes them down, and longs to hold in her hands a book that she’s written, with her name on the cover. She loves how she feels when she reads a good…