Sometimes beginning a story is scary…where are we going to take it? How’s the story going to end?? AAHH…the pressure!! But Gail Carson Levine in “Writing Magic” gives a fabulous writing exercise in starting a story–mostly by helping us understand a beginning doesn’t have to actually begin at the beginning!! Taking turns reading chapter 5, [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 13, 2008
mark your calendars!!
The next Write Stuff meeting is
Saturday, March 22
Grades 4-6
10:30 am
Grades 7 & up
12:30am
Bring paper, pencil…anything you might be working on. Mostly–bring yourself and hey, why not a friend too???
March 13, 2008
Keeping a Journal
Why??
When you keep a journal it helps
you remember your thoughts
and observations, so you might use
them later in stories or poems. It
also helps you practice writing!!
Write–actually write–in different ways…BIG, little, slanted to the left or right
Make a list!!
Use a journal to organize your mind–
1. Top ten things that make you happy
2. Top ten thing that are [...]
