"This book is much like the author - warm, honest, open, encouraging. I loved it and want to buy a copy for every creative teenager I know." - Louise O'Neill
A guide for using creative writing to speak your own truth.
You are enough. You are interesting. Tell your story.
Celebrated writer Laura Dockrill knows that the best writing comes when you are speaking your own truth, with your own voice. Expressing yourself honestly is a powerful way to know yourself and grow to celebrate the exciting, creative, unique person you are.
When you are a teenager, everything feels different. How are you supposed to figure out who you are when it seems like teachers, parents, friends, the rest of the world, are all asking you to be something else? It can be overwhelming but the best way to steer yourself through this crazy, brilliant time is to hold on to your sense of you. Laura's stress-free invitations to creative writing encourage you to find your voice, celebrate it and use it.
Contents includes writing prompts, tips and stories from Laura on how writing has helped herRead and approved by a clinical psychologist for children and young peopleLaura teaches creative writing - including in the Guardian Masterclass series and visiting teenagers at secondary schoolsIncludes quotes about writing from well-known authors, including Cressida Cowell, Nikesh Shukla, Kiran Millward Hargrave and Liz PichonWritten with a warm, funny and inclusive tone to appeal to young teen readersPart of the popular Hot Key non-fiction list, alongside MIND YOUR HEAD, THIS BOOK IS GAY, BEING A GIRL, BEING A BOY and HONESTBlack and white illustrations throughoutLaura is a high-profile writer and loved by her readers of all ages 
