Episode 63 - Annemieke Woodbridge & Giavanna Eelen

The Matrix Green Pill

About Annemieke Woodbridge
Founder of Young Author Academy
After discovering her daughter’s love for story writing and her newfound interest in publishing, Annemieke combined her love for business processes, technology, and her own childrens’ home learning to launch Young Author Academy.

With the mantra of “Dare to be Remarkable”, Annemieke launched Young Author Academy and created the platform where children can develop their writing skills and publish their stories, whether it be short stories or a novel.

Through Young Author Academy, young writers now have the opportunity to become published authors and have their books available on the global Amazon Store. Annemieke has published numerous Young Authors – (over 150) including her own two children’s books. She is an author herself of Reference Books and children’s books.
About Giavanna Eelen
Author of Ellie’s Mysterious Garden
Giavanna is a nine-year-old Belgian-American young author, living in Dubai who in her spare time loves to ride her bike, scooter, rollerblade, and play outdoors.

At school, Giavanna’s favourite subject is Social Studies and she enjoys playing the piano, drums and also loves to read. When Giavanna leaves school, she wishes to be a musician, an interior designer, or an Author.

Through her messaging of Veganism, Giavanna hopes the world will become a better place by helping the environment. From saving animals and improving our health, it also makes people more compassionate.

About this episode
In this episode, Shirin talked with Mieke and Giavanna about how they started their journey into writing, how Mieke got into the idea of Young Author Academy, and what inspires Giavanna every time she picks up a pencil.

Mieke told us a bit more about the workshop and the writing courses they organise. Giavanna shared some valuable tips with all the little aspiring writers out there.
Tune in to find out if Giavanna has her own personal mysterious garden.
Quotes

Annemieke:

"There is such an opportunity for young children to tell their stories".

"The main mission is to encourage children who love to write and have the passion to write but also don’t have necessarily the confidence to write or particularly the children who have stories to tell and have fun imaginations, the children who don’t feel that they can necessarily write a story".

"It’s really all about gaining confidence through succeeding and through the example of succeeding".

"When it comes to reading, find a book that your children love".

"Find a book that you love even if it’s a comic. Get them to just fall in love with the actual process of reading".

"It’s such a process in terms of reading and writing. Just let them enjoy it even if you think that they’re not ahead of the game".
"Learn and know how you make decisions but trust them and then think big".

Giavanna:

"I feel good and calm when I write and when I have an idea, I can’t stop writing".

"You could add some pictures and you don’t stop writing, write until you can’t write anymore".
Useful Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngauthoracademy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Youngauthoracademy

Website: https://www.youngauthoracademy.com/publish-a-story

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