Monday night Paragraph 3, the teen writing club at the Headquarters Library, hosted Dwayne Morgan, the 15 year old author of Destiny Star.
He gave us a wonderful synopsis of his book and it’s forthcoming sequel, Fate’s Eclipse, and then talked about how he came up with the idea in the first place. He even shared a funny anecdotes about early readers not believing that he was the actual writer of the work.
We talked about the pros and cons of self-publishing, what he’s encountered as he’s promoted his work, and how he’s been received as a teen author.
Hey, teens can write great fiction! Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, S. E. Hinton, Christopher Paolini, Ned Vizzini…all published as teens.
It was great having Dwayne visit our library and inspire our group with his achievement.
Thanks Dwayne,
Missy
…and there are lots of resources at the library to help with your noveling needs, aspiring teen authors:
Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write by Victoria Hanley
Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook by Anne Mazer, Ellen Potter, and Matt Phelan
A teen’s guide to getting published by Jessica Dunn & Danielle Dunn
Full guide here: Paragraph 3 club resources (10-10 rev) (PDF) Resources and books available to help teen authors write and publish their work.
For more on Dwayne, check out this article in The News Reporter .
..and guess what comes up next month? NaNoWriMo!!! Yay! Check our calendar for write-in events.
Teens @ CCPL&IC 