"If students don't write at least three times a week, they are dead". - Donald Graves
"Real writers are eager for collaboration. They use other people's brains to help them get their writing right". - Mem Fox
"You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you". - Ralph Fletcher
"If students don't write at least three times a week, they are dead". - Donald Graves
It's time. As a teacher of teachers of writing (take a minute) it's time to practice what I preach. I won't pretend it doesn't scare the description out of me, but standing firm in my belief that feedback is a gift and that writers need audience...here we go. Every Tuesday I will post my writing to this blog, and share it with the community of writing teachers at www.twowritingteachers.org. Why don't you join me?
I'm going to miss this. "I'm just going to do my writing", I announce right after dinner, leaving the rest of the pack to tidy and stack, then prep for bed. It buys me just a slice of time. We may be
I'm reading a book that was recommended by a friend. "I couldn't pick up another book for three months", she warned. I ordered it right away. When I mentioned the book to another friend, she said read
