6 suggestions for Kids who hate to write.

 Most kids who don’t like to write aren’t very good writers. In fact, I don’t know many people who like to do things that they don’t do well. However, when given a choice of topics of their own choosing, many struggling writers find a new appreciation for the craft, especially when they find their own voices emerging in their work. Here are six suggestions for writing that allow YOU to practice without getting bored out of your mind.

1.        Practice writing about things you’re interested in, and look at the topic from many angles. If you read a book about baseball, you might write about the game, but you could also write about the players, or coaches, or stats over the years, or the worst baseball players of all time, or a million other areas of focus.

2.       If you’re a hockey player, write about hockey, or hockey teams, or colleges that have great hockey programs. Write about anything that you find interesting so that you care about what you’re writing.

3.       Gear the writing toward a publication, i.e. a hockey magazine , the school newspaper, or even the Family Holiday Newsletter, so that there is a purpose for the writing. Purpose makes it easier to stay focused and on track.

4.      Show people your passion for hockey in the words you use to describe it. Look at sports articles for inspiration. 

5.       This type of practice builds writing skills along with confidence in your writing abilities, which directly translates to those academic essays for class about topics that don’t thrill you. At least with writing skills under your belts, the Romeo and Juliet essay becomes about the analysis and not about how to write an essay.

6.       Finally, publish the article in some fashion and so that you see your name in print. There is great joy in seeing our names published, and it might just inspire you to want to see it again.