Interaction among teachers from different school corporations enables dynamic idea-sharing.

"It's misleading to think of writers as special
creatures, word sorcerers who possess some sort of
magical knowledge hidden from everyone else.
Writers are ordinary people who like to write.
They feel the urge to write, and they scratch that
itch every chance they get."
Ralph Fletcher, author of Writer's Workshop
and Fig Pudding, a children's chapter book
based on his own experiences growing up
as part of a large family.

Author Sy Montgomery (second from right) visited the NWIWP in 2006 to speak about her environmental writing.