With FIRE In Their Pens, Young Writers Hone Skill

Publication: The Tampa Tribune
Date: July 8, 2008

Summary: Young writers' camps hosted by the Tampa Bay Area Writing Project prove to be so popular they have expanded into three cities.

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There aren't a lot of opportunities for kids who are interested in writing to enhance their skills and take it a level further," said Abigail Kennedy, an English teacher at Pasco High School.

It's an opportunity the campers seemed to have seized.

By the beginning of the second week, the students' composition books were nearly filled. They were working on podcasts for the camp's Web site, www.pascofirewriters.com, and, according to Freda Abercrombie, the head of the Pasco camp, they were gelling as a group.

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