Good vs. evil, set in a world that we made up. Yes, it's true, a lot of reading goes on at writing camp. But these teen campers don't wrinkle their noses or roll their eyes at the prospect of hefty reading assignments. With wide-eyed anticipation, members of this motley group scoop up stacks of books like birthday gifts from a favorite aunt. In order for kids to be good writers, they have to read.
Students have to read on their own.
Rutherford said other states, including Pennsylvania, have had youth art and writing camps for years. The mission of the writing camp is to gather the top young writers in the state and provide them with an opportunity to learn from one another and work with published authors in workshops at the weeklong camp. Our culture doesn't reward the arts until you're a big smash . . . It was amazing to see that I'm not the only one, that there are other people like me. . . . I'm from a reading family.