by Scarlett Choi Teen creatives, you don’t have to wait until you grow up to become an award-winning writer. Your voices and perspectives are unique, powerful, and deserve recognition and accolades. So, why wait to show others your amazing work? In fact, you should take…
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ― Stephen King, On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft Every writer knows the importance of reading. A good book doesn’t just entertain;…
With everything our teens have going on today – classes, extracurriculars, college applications, and more – we know how hard it is to sit down and read. Still, we constantly remind our community’s young writers that reading is the single best way to learn how…
Prisha Mehta began writing with The Writers Circle in the second grade and moved, over the years, from student to teen Summer Intensive intern to program coordinator and now instructor. This stunning young writer and accomplished Yale grad will share their expertise in two college…
Into the woods, it’s time to go I hate to leave, I have to though Into the woods—it’s time, and so I must begin my journey —Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim “I love taking writers into the woods. For me, nature is almost always…
by Erin Madigan White Holly Rizzuto Palker’s journey with The Writers Circle started back in 2012 as a student. Since then, she embarked on a career as a writer, editor, podcast host, and stand-up comic. Now, she’s TWC’s newest instructor, helping others learn the craft…
by Erin Madigan White Young Adult author Talia Tucker never planned to be a writer, but she fell in love it. Here, she talks about what inspires her: Conversations, culture, and K-pop. Plus, she gives us a peek at her unique writing process and shares…
by Erin Madigan White Writers came from across suburban New Jersey – from Madison, Montclair, West Orange, as far away as Princeton – to gather together for The Writers Circle’s inaugural Winter Solstice Candlelight Write on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. They spent the darkest night…
by Erin Madigan White April Darcy just wrapped up teaching The Writers Circle’s novel-writing boot camp–a six-week intensive workshop focused on writing as much as you can as fast as you can. It’s fair to say she knows a thing or two about pushing her…
by Michelle Cameron, Co-Director Emerita (cross-posted from Substack) I was weeping almost daily on my way to my 9-5 job, hating being hemmed in by corporate rules and regulations, wishing desperately to reinvent myself, to live what I wistfully called “the writing life.” After I…
by Erin Madigan White Mally Becker is the award-winning author of the Revolutionary War mysteries, including The Turncoat’s Widow, The Counterfeit Wife, and The Paris Mistress. She was an attorney until happily trading in her law license to become a full-time writer. Here she talks…
by Erin Madigan White Almost 30 writers from around New Jersey gathered at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, on Sunday, Oct. 26, for The Writers Circle annual Autumn Mini-Retreat. The day opened with a welcome and words of inspiration from TWC Co-Directors Judith Lindbergh…
