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Creating a Writers' Workshop in a Secondary Classroom
With the station rotation model, secondary students can focus on language arts skills such as analysis, structure, and academic writing while improving their overall writing quality.
How the ancient art of writing therapy can help you create a brighter future
British author Graham Greene, in his 1980 book, "Ways of Escape," put into words what most writers know: "Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human…
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Strategies to Help Struggling Writers | Edutopia
Student writers often struggle because they lack connection with the assignment or an authentic audience. Relevant topics, blogging, and brainstorming with peers can remedy this.
The 37 Basic Plots, According to a Screenwriter of the Silent-Film Era
In his 1919 manual for screenwriters, Ten Million Photoplay Plots, Wycliff Aber Hill provided this taxonomy of possible types of dramatic "situations," ...
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Free Scrivener Templates
Download these free Scrivener templates for authors, bloggers, and freelance writers.
Hemingway Editor: A Proofreading Tool for Writers – Tech Tools for Writers
The Middle of Things: Advice for Young Writers
As you age, you’ll notice that time is the weirdest thing in the world, that surprises are relentless, and that getting older is not a stroll but an ambush.
30 Tips For Writing a Book in 30 Days
Craft Thursday: The Journeyman Writer | Jaye Wells
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Resources for Authors and Writers On Writing, Self-Publishing, Book Marketing and Making a Living As A Creative | The Creative Penn
Do you need help on the author journey? I've been writing since 2006 and making a full-time living with my writing since 2011 and on this site, I share information and inspiration about writing, self-publishing, book marketing and making a living as a creative. Check out the free Author Blueprint, articles, tutorials, podcast, videos and more.
The Digital Dostoevsky: Download Free eBooks & Audio Books of the Russian N
In the pantheon of Great Russian Writers, two heads appear to tower above all others—at least for us English-language readers.
Free Online Writing Courses and Other Useful Information for New Writers
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Infographics - Helping Writers Become Authors
Below you can find the full set of illustrations for all parts of plot structure, as found in the books Structuring Your Novel and Next Level Plot Structure. You can click on any picture for a larger view. […]
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Tips and Tricks for Medium Writers - The Medium Blog - Medium
As a writer on Medium, you have two great resources at your disposal: a very simple editor, where the focus is just on writing your story, and a deep, deep list of extra features that can help you…
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Sharpen Your Workshop Routines: Setting up the Writer’s Notebook for a Year of Writing
Welcome back, readers! We have returned from our July break refreshed and ready for a new school year of sharing ideas, resources, and teaching practices here at Two Writing Teac…
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How to run a Google Hangouts series
Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a professional speaker and freelance writer. This post originally appeared on the iAcquire blog.
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Stephen King On How To Write
Timeless advice from bestselling author Stephen King on how to be an excellent writer.
Chuck Sambuchino's Submission Tips for Writers | Writers In The Storm
Chuck Sambuchino shares sixteen tips for professional submissions.
Role reversal: Writing Workshop with Linda Rief at the Boothbay Literacy Retreat
As a writing teacher, I know that I must write – and I do: blog posts, book reviews, a Slice of Life every Tuesday, letters to my students in the reading journals and writer’s notebooks, les…
Flash-Drafting Leads to Large-Scale Revision
Flash-drafting helps get thoughts down on the page quickly so writers are open to large-scale revisions.
An Introvert's Guide to Networking
Andrea Deets is the Lead Writer at Crew, an invite-only network connecting short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. This post originally appeared on the ...
Geoff Dyer's 10 Rules for Writing Fiction