Anne Peyre Carter (left) and Olive Gardner work on an If/Then story in the kids room at Blue Bicycle Books, at the first downtown session of W.O.S., 2007.





Edward Leber and Ali Kerns on the swings in the first Mt. Pleasant session. No, this is not a staged picture. Yes, they are actually writing. I can't vouch for how well.



Nalani Roe working at Starbucks on King Street, first Charleston session

Doodles from the Dri-Erase board during the "In My Children's Book" Poem brainstorm, third Florida session

The small but hardy second Florida session at the Orlando Museum of Art, (l-r) Chase Everett, Mimi Eliscu, Fiona Harvey, Austin Croup and Jace Eliscu



Up-and-coming lefty David Rogers, Mount Pleasant session one, 2005



Dana Farrior at the very first camp, at the old Christian Family Y in downtown Charleston, July 2003.



Courtney Curso (l) and Christie McElyea model their haiku t-shirts at the first Winter Park camp, 2004.



Fiona Harvey writing at the Orlando Museum of Art, 2005.



The first Florida camp session, cutting loose, 2004. In a general left-to-right, Austin Croup, Chase Everett, Christie McElyea, Alex Kupelian, Courtney Curso, Olivia Blydenburgh, Max Jasmund, Mariah Byrne, Grant Senne, Allie McElyea, Sydney Casebier, Lyndsey Mixon, Allison Bransford, Trevor Byrne.



Monica Oquendo and Austin Croup, session 2, Winter Park, 2004.



Lisa Robison (l) and intern-extraordinaire Anne Elise Creamer create haiku t-shirts, Winter Park session 2, 2004.



The first annual Dress Crazy Day, Friday, Mount Pleasant 2004. Dressing crazy not required. This is an entirely camper-driven movement. The camp director prefers to wear particularly sober clothing, even on Friday. From l-r, back: Sean Pennington, Stephen Pappas, Katherine Westbrook, Sally Hunt, Cecelia Cooke, Hayley Hunt, Jessica Compton, front: Keil Lycke, Nike Pappas, Catie Lucey, Kells McPhillips.