Young Writers Project is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists that started in Burlington in 2006. Each week, VTDigger publishes the writing and art of young Vermonters who post their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for youth, ages 13-19. To find out more, please go to youngwritersproject.org or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@youngwritersproject.org; (802) 324-9538.
Deep Thought
Teddy Owens, 15, Essex Junction
I am a thinker.
I think about big problems in the world and how to fix them.
Like climate change, evolution, the state of humanity as of now.
I write stuff down, half-finished thoughts scribbled or typed on the page.
I think of ways we can solve these problems. Then I feel small. I get questions stuck in my head.
Who cares? How could this paper make a difference? I’m 15, what can I do?
Then I think about all the people who are already fighting for some of the things I am thinking about.
And that gives me hope to keep going.
To try to make a difference.
