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Young Writers Program Fic Compilation
We all know how important reading is on childhood development and the impact it has on the future of a child. But did you know creative writing also has a very large impact as well? Creative writing has proven to improve a child’s imagination and creativity, self-expression, self-confidence, communication and persuasion skills. Not to mention that it makes children far more likely to improve their reading skills and want to read more.
The skills gained in creative writing are skills that will shape and follow them for the rest of their lives. In the age where technology is rapidly advancing every single day, creativity and imagination is immensely important in being able to keep pace and advance in the ever-changing world. Not to mention the magnitude of impact communication and persuasion can have. Communication makes and breaks businesses every single day, saves and loses vast amounts of money, is the difference between life and death or a near miss and an absolute disaster.
Children often have difficulty understanding and expressing how they feel. Through writing, children have a safe place to explore, and this can be a highly beneficial tool for expressing their feelings. The better a child learns how to express themselves, the greater their coping ability is and the better they can communicate.
Writing gives children an avenue to develop their own self and ideas, to explore who they are and to develop self-confidence. The more confidence a child has in him or herself, the more likely they are to be able to make and achieve goals, take calculated risks, make decisions, develop self-reliance and overall it increases the odds of achieving success.
Creative writing is immensely important in the development of young minds, almost as much so as reading development.
Do you remember the first short story you wrote? Do you remember how you felt afterwards? If you’re a fanfic writer, do you remember the rush and euphoria of getting followers, being favorited and reading reviews? Some fanfic writers have even gained enough confidence to jump into the deep end of getting their works published. Imagine how far all of that could go in building up a young person.
The Charity we’ve chosen for this endeavor is NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program. I, along with many others, have participated in NaNoWriMo in the month of November. But did you know that there is a program for educators to give their classes that opportunity as well?
NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program can provide Lesson Plans, Student Workbooks, Classroom Kits, Pep-talks, Events and guides on how to get the process started.
Here are some of the impacts of YWP:
Donations to this compilation have the following impacts:
10$ sends a noveling kit to a deserving classroom
25$ powers the YWP website for 10 hours
50$ pays for a motivating, in-person classroom visit
100$ supports a kid-geared pep talk by a favorite author.
In order to get a copy of the compilation you must donate a minimum of 10$
Please note that many employers will match the donations of their employees and that it has a search function to see if your employer participates in this!
Authors sign up HERE
Betas sign up HERE
Banner Makers sign up HERE
Enrollment for participation is open from November 1st, 2018 until September 30th 2019.
Submissions are due by October 10th 2019.
Submissions are due by October 10th 2019.
The last day to donate will be Halloween, 2019.
The compilation will be sent out to donors on November 1st, 2019.
Questions, comments, concerns?
Email us at:
ficcompilation@gmail.com
or
contact us over at the TwiFandomNews group on Facebook.
Usually when the fandom does fundraisers, it’s in the face of crisis, which understandably brings about the need for a tight deadline. We wanted to do this in a manner to where people don’t have to stress themselves in order to come up with the cash to contribute and writers don’t have to jump through hoops in order to get a piece written in time.
To read more about NaNoWriMo’s Young Writer’s Program:
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