Christmas present query

[rivka]

What would you get a twelve-year-old girl who wants to be a writer?

I think we gave her a blank book last year. (Not because we knew that she was an aspiring author at that point, just because we got lucky. Or maybe that's why she now wants to be an author.)

There are a lot of books about writing aimed at kids and teenagers, but I have no idea of their quality.

There's also this writing journal, which, while not for kids, was recommended on Amazon by a young woman who describes herself as a "13-year-old writer."

Any recommendations?

Comments

[ailbhe]

I would have hated books on writing, but loved blank books and / or pens, or good literature. If it was me, I'd give her something that was a bloody good read. I Capture the Castle is good, but perhaps a book *about* a writer might be a bit... pressurising. It depends on your teenager. Adolescent. Whatever that age is called. I would have loved that journal.

The longer I stay awake, the less likely tomorrow is to come.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

*hug* I'll be thinking of you. Best of luck.