All About Inspiration

Okay, so some people have trouble finding ideas of what to write about. Bellow are a few tips I think might help.

1: What do you like? Write about something your passionate about. Whether it's horses or aliens, it's up to you.

2: Who do you like? And I don't mean this by who are your crushes. I mean have you seen or know somebody that inspires you? Maybe right something about them, it can be nonfiction or fiction, it's up to you.

3: Pay attention to the world around you. There are ideas for stories all over the place, especially in nature. Take a walk outside and bring a notebook. You can come up with  many ideas just by looking out the window.

4: Read. It's that simple. Did you read about a character you like in a book? Change their name and wright a back story about them. Or maybe create a sibling or friend that character might have. Or simply expand the already ended story you read, create your own sequel.

5: Do it. Don't think to hard about it. If you have an idea write it out! Worry about spelling, grammar and layout later. Don't even worry if your handwriting is messy (I know mine is!) your the one who is reading it, at least for now.

6: Don't be afraid to cross stuff out, just don't throw away pieces that you could use later. Or even if you get writing in a direction you don't necessarily want to, don't throw it away! Remember: the pencil (or pen) knows!

I hope this helps!

Magazines to Get Published In

Hi everyone! I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything in a very long time. Anyway I'm going to try to get better about it, but I'm afraid I'm not going to make any promises...

Okay, so this entry is about publishing, or at least the small amount I know about it. I haven't actually published anything. (It's quite a process.) Although I did submit a story to Stone Soup Magazine, but it didn't get published... that was when I was nine, and they rarely publish stories by writers that young. (But I don't want to discourage anybody.)

Stone Soup is a great magazine, but it is very hard to get into. They receive thousand of submissions and the magazine is not very long. But that does not mean you shouldn't try. (If at first you do not succeed, try, try again). I would recommend visiting their website for guide lines, if you're interested:

http://www.stonesoup.com/stone-soup-contributor-guideline/   Hint: You can copy and paste this, it is not a link.

My friend also told me about a newspaper similar to Stone Soup but it is more of a newspaper, and therefor gets more nonfiction submissions. It is called Teen Ink, here is their website:

http://www.teenink.com/

These are the main magazines/newspapers that I know of that publish young writers works. I would highly recommend checking out their websites and maybe even submitting something. If your not interested in submitting work I would recommend subscribing to one or both of the above websites, all the work is very entertaining and will probably give you ideas of your own.

Thanks for reading! And don't forget to keep on writing, and to never get discouraged!