Stone Soup contributor and 20-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks to Liam Hancock, 12, about inspiration, persevering after rejection, and the Writing Workshop.

0:19 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup?

0:32 – What is your favorite thing about writing?

1:00 – How did you decide to submit to Stone Soup?

1:21 – How did it feel to have your story accepted?

1:46 – Was the accepted story, “Slaying Monsters,” one of the first stories you’d written?

2:14 – How did it feel when you were rejected the first time?

2:42 – Have you submitted anything else after your first acceptance?

3:00 – What was it like to write a book two years in a row?

3:39 – Do you feel like you grew as a writer between submissions?

2:54 – What inspired you to write “Slaying Monsters”?

4:35 – What is your favorite part about the Writing Workshop?

4:56 – Do you find that the writing you do for fun is different from the writing you do for school?

5:56 – Is there anything else you want to talk about?

6:10 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers?

6:47 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say?