Your Standards Are Up Here, Your Skills Are Down Here (For Now)

This workbook teaches teen writers the Ira Glass idea (without name-dropping) — your taste is ahead of your skill and that’s normal. Then we walk you through the small reps that close the gap. By the end you’ve stopped using your own taste as a weapon against yourself.

Topic Covered: Taste-skill gap for teen writers
Creatives Helped: Young Poets, Young Memoirists, Young Screenwriters, Young Lyricists
Age Range: 13-17
Grade Level: Grades 8-12
Genres: YA poetry, memoir, screenwriting, lyric
Page Count / Duration: 58 pages