I find that sometimes writing is a real roller coaster. There are times writers may have a “love/hate” relationship with writing. It can be so exciting and rewarding. You create something and just watching the magic come together is an emotional high like no other. But then there are other days. Days where writing canContinueContinue reading “The Roller Coaster of Writing”
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Using Your Senses in Writing
“Describe a moment in time. Make me feel like I am there.” This was an English assignment I had in college. How do you do that? In a sense, we do it when we are “showing” in our writing verses “telling” the reader what to see. The key words in that English assignment was “MakeContinueContinue reading “Using Your Senses in Writing”
Show Don’t Tell
My daughter’s 7th grade classroom has an amazing teacher who is enthusiastic about writing and the writing process. After hearing how they are learning about “Showing, not telling,” I recently offered to do a classroom visit to reinforce the concept they are learning. As an author and editor I was thrilled to hear how the teacherContinueContinue reading “Show Don’t Tell”
SCBWI’s Conference Blog
I stumbled across this blog – the SCBWI conference blog. Though I will not be attending the Summer Conference in LA due to the fact I’m on the East Coast, I have benefited from the conference in New York and local confrences in my home state. If you’re an SCBWI member, give this site aContinueContinue reading “SCBWI’s Conference Blog”
Jen’s Writing Tip #4: Watch Passive Voice
Jason ate the cookie.The cookie was eaten by Jason.Which sentence above do you find more interesting to read? Did one of them provide a better picture in your head of what was going on? Both sentences tell us about Jason eating a cookie, but the first one was more clear and you can easily visualizeContinueContinue reading “Jen’s Writing Tip #4: Watch Passive Voice”
Jennifer Gladen 