Day 37, Kennedy, Student, Twelve Mile Coulee School

On Saturday, April 26, I went to the Young Writers’ Conference. It was a big deal for me because I got to meet tons of amazing authors like Nicole Luiken, Jhan Groom, and Eric Walters. I learned so much about writing and creating different worlds and stories.

Writing has helped me so much because creating a new world, where I could escape from reality, helped me discover I wanted to be an author and what reading and writing could help me through. I love writing because writing literally helps you through everything. If you don’t have someone to talk to about your day, write it in a journal. If you are a songwriter and have some lyrics or notes to remember, write them down.

I love doing creative things like writing and drawing because, besides spelling and grammar, there aren’t any rules. You can color outside the lines if you want to, you can rewrite history if you want to.

Writing may be simple, but it’s a powerful skill that helps you to invent and create new things. Writing helps me express myself, and I think writing can do the same for so many people.

By writing, I’ve found out I want people to read my stories and see the world differently. Not just as the way it is, but by taking something, and making something new out of it. In real life, when you are talking to someone, you can’t create a new world. With writing, you can give a cup of lemonade wings, you can change the course of history. One of your stories will affect and change the future, and not just in writing, but in reality. If you write about what you want most, you just might find out how to get there.

You never have to stop writing - you don’t need a happy ending.

Because “to be continued…” is way more fun!!!   

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Kennedy is a grade four student at Twelve Mile Coulee School. She enjoys writing stories and reading science fiction.