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Writing Tip: James Ponti

Have you ever been overwhelmed when you start to write something? Worried that it isn’t quite good enough? Worried that it’s not perfect or important?

Writing Tip: Margarita Engle

Read a lot of poetry, then scribble just for fun. Don’t expect your first draft to be perfect. Let the beautiful words and musical rhythms flow. You can make corrections later.

Get your protagonists in trouble right away. Put them in a place where something has happened, or will happen, and they have no choice but to respond. That starts the story off, and that makes the reader want to know what happens next.

Writing Tip: Padma Venkatraman

Split yourself into 2 people in your head. I call them Writer Padma and Editor Padma.

Writing Tip: Bruce Coville

One of the most irresistible things in the world is a secret. Seriously, what is your immediate reaction if someone tells you they have a secret? You want to know what it is!

Writing Tip: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Remain open to the possibility of changing your approach to a project.

Writing Tip: Will Alexander

I find writing rituals tremendously helpful—even when those rituals are also ridiculously silly.

Writing Tip: Jasmine Warga

Jasmine has a very simple writing tip: read.

Writing Tip: Karen Cushman

Rules, rules, rules. Here’s my tip: make up your own rules, or better yet, have no rules.

Writing Tip: Veera Hiranandani

I’ve taught creative writing for many years and one of my favorite writing exercises that I’ve given to both kids and adults is experimenting with another point of view.