Traveling the World Through Others
My newest read Still Writing is splayed open and upside down next to me. My mom bought the book for me last summer, and yesterday I picked it from the pile, despite the stack of unread books I just received as Christmas gifts. Reading is my habit. I read constantly, but I have been struggling…
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As you may know, I have homework to do for my writing class. My homework is to take my “first sentence” and craft the perfect “first paragraph.” This words that follow a great first sentence need to extend the vibe, explain the contrasts, develop the plot. As a reader, if that first paragraph excites me,…
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Last night marked my first virtual writing course: taking it, not teaching it. Recent events have allowed me to write more, and now I am looking for a solid writers’ group to help me take my next steps in this journey. We completed an interesting exercise, and it is really helping me get into a…
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Writing started for me when I was young. Multiple journals, short stories, poems have flowed from these hands either in my own script or typed. This craft inspires and assuages me. Writers hold my greatest esteem. Where do they find the exact and perfect way to string the words together to create thoughts and feelings…
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As an English teacher and a reading specialist as well as a mother of a sixth grade boy with dysgraphia, I am really struggling with helping him write his expository essay on earthquakes. First, he doesn’t want any advice from me. He does not feel that my multiple degrees and certifications carry much weight around…
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The Wandering Empath 