Here’s the sort of holiday we here at ’Warp Central can get behind a hundred percent: National Library Week 2022 might have wrapped up just yesterday, but now today is National Encourage a Young Writer Day! Although no one seems to know the origin of this “holiday,” according to the National Day Calendar:
“Observed each year on April 10th is National Encourage a Young Writer Day. Do you know a young person who has a vivid imagination, maybe someone who likes to tell stories and reads a lot of books? These may be the signs of a great young writer. National Encourage a Young Writer Day would be a good time to talk to them about their ideas and dreams. Encourage them to pursue their goals and develop their writing skills.”
As I always say, everybody’s gotta start somewhere, and that’s true for writing as much as any other career. Want an example? Then head over to the Pandora Zwieback website and check out “Again, He Who Stalks”—a science-fiction story I wrote for my high school’s literary magazine when I was 16. Take a look at that, young writers, and then get to work—you could only do better!
