Where I’m From
By Pat W. 10th Grade I’m from a woman that gave birth to me and a man that was the first to hold me after the woman was tired. I’m from a place where brothas stand outside of barbershops and gas stations talkin bout who won the basketball game last night, you know the […]
5 Directions To My School
By Rhiannon K. 1. Begin your journey at the trail of crumpled concrete made from the broken dreams of youth. 2. Turn left at the scent of broken friendships taken down by petty problems. 3. Go straight until you can almost feel the doorknobs of closets containing teenagers that aren’t. 4. Once you can […]
Where I’m From
By Lamontay, 9th Grade I come from…Cleveland, and raised from Mom and Dad and moved around a lot and I’m happy that I know a lot of people from Cleveland and some bad things happened in my life. I am from my Uncle who taught me how to live through hard […]
Where I’m From
By Raymel P. 10th Grade I am from water that never ends that have the most fish. I am from friends that grow like roots and from trees that make people say wow. I am from a city of people come from the bottom. I am from family that does not turn they back […]
You Got To Do What’s Right
By Claude at Lake Erie Ink’s Digital Media Project You got to do what’s right So by livin right today We fight We fight for what’s right English, social studies, science, math You got to study right to live life The life in which you and me Can have some might You got to […]
Regret by Margaux
With our heads bowed over the hole in shame, We mourned a life that we forgot to celebrate, That tragic day in December. We pile on dirt, shovelful by shovelful, We bury the dark-stained wood, With our heads bowed over the mound in shame. We blame ourselves, we wish we could have stopped […]
Teen Ink: Script Writing
For teens and almost teens from 4th grade through 12th. Tell stories in comics or plays…Whether it’s written for the stage or for a graphic story, a script has the same building blocks–characters, dialogue, action and setting. Learn how comics and plays are similar, and write a script that can be used to stage a […]
Teen Ink: Digital Media Workshop with DeeJay Doc
For youth, 6th grade and up. Write songs, create music and beats, and record music and videos with Dee Jay Doc. Learn how to use the iPad with Beatmaker and iMovie. Download the flyer.
Weekend workshop and Teen Open Mic on Nov. 17
We are excited to present two creative writing experiences to youth on November 17th! The theme of our Saturday morning workshop is Mixed-Up Historie: re-imagining stories from the past. Imagine if Harriet Tubman were a modern day leader on the Outerspace Railroad… or if technology had taken a different turning point in the last two […]
Outside the Box
Quiet Girl She looks sad. Always hiding in the back, blank-faced, chewing her lip, staring at her desk. Working never sharing. No one knows her. No one tries to know her. She’s the quiet girl. And inside… Well she likes it that way. She likes to know everyone so well and understand them when they […]