Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with contributor (in art and writing), three time winner of the Weekly Flash Contest, and co-second place winner of the 2019 Book Contest Analise Braddock, 9, about the freedom of creativity and the long, arduous, but rewarding project of writing a book of poems. 0:22 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup? 0:35 – What is your favorite part about the Writing Workshop? 0:54 – What is your favorite thing about writing? 1:19 – What is your favorite thing about art? 2:05 – What inspired you to submit to the Book Contest? 2:41 – How did it feel to submit something to a contest? 3:27 – How did it feel to win second place? 3:58 – Where were you when you found out you’d won second place? 4:38 – How long did it take to find out? 5:50 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers? 6:28 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say? 7:04 – Is the writing you do for fun different from the writing you do for school?
Stone Soup Authors
Stone Soup Author Interview: Georgia Marshall
Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with contributor and winner of the Weekly Flash Contest Georgia Marshall, 11, about what it’s like to be a published author, the Writing Workshop, and expressing the imagination through writing. 0:18 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup? 1:23 – What was it like to become a published author? 2:10 – What is your favorite part about the Writing Workshop? 3:01 – What is your favorite part about Book Club? 3:44 – What is your favorite thing about writing? 4:40 – What was your published poem about? 5:58 – Is the writing you do for fun different from the writing you do for school? 7:18 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers? 8:15 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say?
Stone Soup Author Interview: Lucy Rados
Stone Soup contributor and 2020-21 intern Anya Geist, 14, talks with Book Club facilitator and member of the Stone Soup Honor Roll Lucy Rados, 13, about the Writing Workshop, the process of submitting to a contest, and the inspiration of nature. 0:18 – How were you introduced to Stone Soup? 0:41 – How long have you subscribed to Stone Soup? 0:50 – Have you submitted anything to Stone Soup? 0:56 – What have you submitted? 1:03 – What was it like to submit to the magazine? Was it your first time submitting your work? 1:36 – What was it like to write a manuscript for the book contest? 2:27 – What is your favorite thing about the Writing Workshop? 3:12 – What is your favorite part about Book Club? 3:56 – Which Stone Soup Summer Camp did you do and what was your favorite part? 4:45 – Are there any specific books or authors that inspire your writing? 5:50 – What else inspires your writing? 6:24 – What do you tend to write about? 7:00 – What is your favorite thing to write about? 7:37 – What genre do you most like to write in? 7:50 – Which Writing Workshop was your favorite? 8:55 – Do you think what you like to read is similar to the style you like to write in? 9:44 – Do you think there is a difference between the writing you do for fun and the writing you do for school? 10:37 – How long have you been writing? 11:09 – Do you feel like your writing has evolved a lot over the years? 12:07 – Do you have a preference between prose and poetry? 13:16 – How much time do you think you spend writing? 14:34 – Do you have any writing advice for your peers? 15:23 – What is your favorite thing about writing? 16:00 – If you could tell somebody about Stone Soup, what would you say?
