The Writing Journal: Practice, Practice, Practice!
When teaching and developing literacy in children, the most important tool at a teacher's or parent's disposal is practice. PRACTICE,...
Book Suggestion: What If?
During my undergraduate career, I took a course in fiction writing that left me with a textbook I highly recommend for any writer who...
"There's incredible power in it" - Stephen King on Opening Lines
I tackled first lines right away for the same reason horror author Stephen King spends weeks and months and years on his: through their...
Famous First Lines
One exercise I've found very interesting when practicing writing is the "First Line" exercise found in the one of my suggested books,...
A Spark of Inspiration
As a teenager I coddled her, fearful her shining smile and passionate presence would fade until I could no longer remember the outline of...
