…materials include lesson plans, workbooks, a progress tracker poster, motivational pep talks, certificates and badges, and writing prompts. The NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program website also makes it easy for teachers…
…is the best book you’ll ever read!”) or compare yourself to mega hits like Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games, or 50 Shades of Grey. Choose comp titles that show…
In my previous article, we took a look at the world-building aspect of writing historical fiction and our responsibility, as writers, to represent the past faithfully. As we strive for…
…of place and memory. Her hybrid-form work has appeared in After the Art, Brevity, Crab Fat, Survivor Zine, Hip Mama, Mutha, TNB, Punctuate & Under the Gum Tree. Her illustrations…
…stated, it’s “true stories, well told.” At least, that’s the slogan for his magazine. Gutkind has written several books on the genre, like this one, which is incredibly helpful for…
…of all your submissions. Determine, how many submissions you can complete and send out during the allotted time each week, then try to complete this number of submissions weekly until…
…So I had to come up with alternate ways to communicate vital information to the reader. If you’re creating a setting that is very harsh, either environmentally or politically, come…
…form, including memoir, book review, humor, and lecture. Complementing the rich collection, Lopate’s introduction highlights the key components of a good essay, conversational element, honesty, egotism, irony, and other questions…
…in the world, probably, was like this. Nail salon, video store, doughnut shop, liquor, and Launderland and taqueria. All the smells hovering in their own doorways, like the owners did…
…keep. They both claim, in separate ways, that filling your house only with what is essential, useful and valuable, what, in Kondo’s words “sparks joy,” can free your mind and…
