Hot Key Books You Are a Story A creative writing guide to find your voice and speak your truth.

by Laura Dockrill

"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 onto your sense of you. Laura's stress-free invitations to creative writing encourage you to find your voice, celebrate it and use it.

304 pages, Paperback

Published May 11, 2023

Reviews

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a brilliant read, full of practical exercises to inspire me to get my ideas and stories written down. It made me want to start writing again immediately, whether this is a poem or creating characters. The author writes about her experience with mental illness and how writing down what happened saved her life. The book provides and safe and inspiring space. I find myself returning to the pages I love after reading the book in full. I adored the exercises about the jars and collecting found items in a park or on a walk. You could use these items to write about. I saw I could fly through the pages because I loved the ideas, including writing about food and the examples of how the author has used this in her writing masterclasses.

[Anima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book connecting creative writing and mental health. Really supportive and encouraging.