We've finally launched our blog... *drumroll*
We are the Teen Writers Bloc at www.teenwritersbloc.com!
We already have our bios up and our first post. Woohoo!
In school news, we recently read Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. Really powerful book about a girl with an eating disorder. The assignment for that class was to write about a problem that occurred during our teenage years and our experiences during that time.
Not only was it so difficult to write about, but I felt so much anger when I was writing it too. I picked a time when I thought people were my friends and it turned out they were far from that. I have to say, after reading the news about Tyler Clementi and so many other students who have been harassed for coming out, what I experienced was bordering on being bullied. I was lucky because I had other people who supported me during that time.
I do want to point out that what I went through is far less severe than what you hear on the news, but when you're a kid, what your peers think of you and how they treat you is a big deal.
But, the point of our assignment was that, as a writer, you can't just write about the experience but you have to show the reader how it feels too.
