“Bridges,” by Ursa Goldenrose, 16, Hardwick 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 [email protected]; (802) 324-9538. Longhand Olivia Guevin, 14, Brandon I write longhand.Journal, pencil, print.Letters melding together in a harmony on the page.Graphite scratching the paper, pencil sharpened every five minutes.Lined paper, perfect for doodles and random thoughts.Neat and pretty.No flowery handwriting, just the necessities.Thoughts flowing onto the page like water.Brain humming faster than the pencil can write.Mistakes fixed later.(Spelling nearly perfect.)The sound of pencils on paper filling the room.Clickety-clack of keyboards around me. But I’m perfectly happy with my hands on my pencil, and my pencil on the page. Read the story on VTDigger here: Young Writers Project: ‘Longhand’. ...read more read less