Teens Can Write, Too!

Welcome

Hi, and welcome!

Founded in September 2011, Teens Can Write, Too! (TCWT) is a blog dedicated to supporting and encouraging teen writers. Unfortunately, the internet is riddled with discouraging posts disguised as advice for young writers, and we want this site to be an escape from that–a place where teens can really thrive. Central to our mission is the belief that anyone, regardless of age, can become a great writer. And we think that our teen author bookshelf provides ample evidence that many teens have something to say and the talent to say it.

As of August 2015, TCWT has officially closed down. Still, we have four years of archives behind us, and I hope they will prove useful to any newcomers. You can find a list of many of our past posts below, or you can click one of the categories in our sidebar (to the left) for a full spread.

You can get updates from me personally by following me on Twitter (@ABoredAuthor). You can also find many of our writers over at Ch1Con, a teen writing conference that TCWT partnered with in November 2014, or by checking out their social media links here.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Interviews: 

• Interview with Mandy Hubbard, Author and Literary Agent
• Twitter Q&A with Literary Agent Pam van Hylckama Vlieg 
• Interview with LeighAnn Kopans, Author of One
• Interview with Lindsay Cummings, Author of The Murder Complex
• Meet Kat Zhang, Author of What’s Left of Me
• Interview with Vahini Naidoo, Author of Fall to Pieces
• Interview with Writer and Activist, Kaye M.

Teen Authors: 

• Bookshelf of Published Teen Authors
• If You Had an Agent at 15… 
• Being a Teen Is Not the End
• Why There is No Such Thing as a Teen Writer

Agents/Querying/Publishing:

• Traditional Publishing, Literary Agents, Query Letters, and What the Big Deal Is
• Self-Publishing: Amazon KDP, Debut Status, and All That Fun Stuff
• Finding Literary Agents to Query
• On Small Presses: An Editor’s Point of View
• Getting a Remote Publishing Internship
• Beginning Querying: A Horror Story

Writing:

• Introductory Writing Advice
• On Breaking the Fourth Wall
• Why Your Book Does Not Suck
• For Writers Who Can’t Seem to Finish a Novel
• Writing A Pitch
• How To Write An Opening Page
• It’s Not You, It’s Me
• Writing An Antagonist 
• NaNoWriMo: If You’re Writing, You’re Winning
• NaNoWriMo Changes Lives
• Humans of New York and Writing Inspiration
• Writing In Your Own Style 
• Beginning the Second Draft
• Starting After “The End”: Revisions
• Breaking Up With Your Story
• Q&A: Starting Is the Hard Part (Or, How to Get Creatively Re-Inspired) 
• Learning From Other Writers

Other awesome things:

• On Endings
• Critique Partners = Superheroes
• Religious Diversity In YA Lit
• Middle Grade vs. Young Adult
• Making Your Blog As Interesting As Your Book
• Why Aren’t We Reading As Much Anymore? 
• On Favorite Books
• Utilizing Social Media
• 5 Reasons Why Ella (Enchanted) Is A True Woman of Fiction
• How To Survive Long Waits

And just because:

• Ten Things Never To Say To A Writer
• The Secret Life of a Teen Writer
• 7 Popular TV Shows If They Were Made for a Publishing Audience

–Michael Waters, site founder