Tips for Writers

Posted By: Anonymous User on 1/19/2012 5:51:30 AM

Write about what you know and care about. For me it is teaching, and it always has been. I was asked by the Dean of the School of Education to write about what works in the classroom. I have been teaching graduate students preparing to teach English. What works in K-12, also works beyond the undergraduate experience. I put together a research article of 81 pages in two days delineating best practices. It flowed, and the Dean was delighted.

Posted By: Anonymous User on 1/4/2012 8:18:48 PM

Just like Nancie Atwell talks about kids getting in the "reading zone," I use the same phrase to inspire my kids to get in the "writing zone." That's the place where the writing happens effortlessly because they are writing from within themselves -- they are there, where they need to be, in the moment and absorbed by the topic so that the right words travel from their brains to their fingertips. I wish I could give my students the option to write in "long-hand" or on a computer, but "long-hand" is all we have, so we make it work. To get them started in the drafting process, I still use Peter Elbow's "free-writing" method, and have lately added soft classical or jazz music to create an atmosphere. I know it sounds corny, but it works! Then we share, brainstorm, inspire each other, and laugh!

Posted By: Anonymous User on 11/4/2011 3:21:14 PM

National Day

Posted By: Anonymous User on 11/3/2011 1:41:21 PM

FEEL WHAT YOU WRITE

Posted By: Anonymous User on 10/23/2011 7:14:49 PM

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