Tag: Writing
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Project NaNoWriMo: The Muddy Middle
Ugh. I have officially hit the middle, and it is one ugly, muddled mess. Things keep popping up in my story that need more presence in the beginning, characters haven’t decided if they’re major or minor, events transpire that are based on actions that have happened in the past, but don’t exist in the manuscript…
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Project NaNoWriMo: Finding the Time
What is the biggest hurdle to finishing your book? (Or heck, even getting started?) For most people, it’s finding the time to get writing. Everyone is busy, right? Whether you have a day job, kids, or a laundry list of responsibilities, there are a million things to get in your way. So how can you…
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Project NaNoWriMo: Getting Started
It’s the first day of NaNoWriMo! I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it. I hope this enthusiasm carries me through the next 30 days, because I know it’s going to get really hard once I’m up to my eyeballs in words and self-doubt. (Because self-doubt is very, VERY real.) I thought I’d share with…
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Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: Literary Devices
We are back with another Writer’s Workshop! This will be the last installment until December as I’m going to take a break for NaNoWriMo, but I thought we dive into some pretty deep writing waters! It’s time to take your writing to the next level, people. To go from just “okay”, to “pretty darn good”…
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The Free Writer's Workshop Wednesday: Combining Sentences
As a teacher, I have seen my fair share of essays, stories, and papers. Some are good, some are bad, and some are very, very ugly. But there is one type of paper I find painfully frustrating: the B paper. The B Paper The B paper is easy to spot: very limited punctuation mistakes, adequate…
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7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Writers
Writers are weird. Now before you go and get offended, please understand that I think weird is perfectly acceptable. Wonderful. Necessary, even. I mean, you don’t create entire worlds, landscapes, and people without some weirdness. And writers have some pretty weird habits. Obsessively drinking coffee. Constantly jumping back and forth between: “this is brilliant!”and “this…
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Picture Book Review: Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmer’s Market
Title: Fresh Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmer’s Market Author/ Illustrator: Michelle Schaub/ Amy Huntington Year published: 2017 Age Range: 2-10 years Summary: A collection of poems that shares the wonders and magic of a day at the farmer’s market. Review: From the inviting poem on the opening page to the final poem that…
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Should you Write Fiction or Nonfiction?
When it comes to deciding what to write, there is a vast array of options. Some writers are diehard fiction fanatics, and other enjoy the practicality and structure of nonfiction. Me? I like both, personally. I love exploring different realities and the creative outlet of fiction, but I love researching and organizing ideas with nonfiction.…
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The Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: The Writing Process
“I think that writers are made, not born or created out of dreams of childhood trauma—that becoming a writer (or a painter, actor, director, dancer, and so on) is a direct result of conscious will. Of course there has to be some talent involved, but talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt.…
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Facing Failure: What You Can Learn from Failing
I just started training for marathon number four. The past three marathons have been absolutely terrible, so much so, I’ve questioned whether or not I should continue. Sometimes I wonder why I keep going after things that I fail at. And, oh yes, I have failed at many things. It hurts. It really hurts to…
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