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70Student Writing: Voices of Real Fifth-Graders
I have the good fortune of experiencing youthful writing on a daily basis. The following are actual excerpts from fifth-graders in my classroom. These pieces were written as a part of our poetry unit....
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59Joke Sensitivity: Have We Gone Too Far?
What is your reaction to this series of sentences? Picture you're reading a textbook passage on theology. 1. Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden by God. Seems the Devil, risen from the...
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60Ho, Ho, Holy Cow!
Readers: They say writers write from their experiences. I'm contributing to that belief (with a little embellishment along the way). Enjoy! Slip out of bed, tipity-toe. Clock signals three. Door opens slow. Rustles I hear,...
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59Evading Extraneous Edits
Over my short career as an author thus far, I've pinpointed five popular pitfalls in the drafting phase. I hope my past struggle will be your future gain in evading extraneous edits. 1. Use adverbs...
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50Tator Tots and Technique
As a member of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writer's Group (GLVWG for short), I have the opportunity to gather with writing colleagues on a monthly basis for workshops. On February 23, 2008, I attended a...
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57N.P.O. Your Writing: Giving Back
In the classic story, The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, a tree loves a boy very much. The boy grows up making crowns from the trees leaves. In his teenage years, he returns in need of money. The tree provides apples he can sell. As an...
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65Heart Attacks & Flatlines: Diagnosing the Rhythm of a Story
This sentence has five words. This also has five words. Five word sentences get boring. Especially when side by side. Can you hear the rhythm? Are your eyes drooping yet? When we draft, we pour our...
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60Facebooking Strategy
Once upon a time, there lived an aspiring writer who snubbed his nose at social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. He made his friends face to face and worried little if his friends knew his status at every waking moment. ...
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58Touch of Fate
Without entering into a religious or philosophical debate, I'm curious about the concept of what some call fate, karma, destiny, miracles, or just plain luck. Within the past day, I've read of a news story...
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55Avocado Deadlines
Avocados. One of nature's superfoods. Firm exterior protecting a soft, pulpy interior. In the middle of it all, a hard pit just waiting to be removed. Pound for pound, one of the healthiest foods you...
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