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This is How You Do It: Require a Process Blog
I want to get back to my series of posts about how to do it: concrete ideas about how to change the default setting of the creative writing classroom so that Big Things can be brought to the table. I … Continue reading
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So Cathy, what happened? How did your students do? I’m so sorry it’s taken me awhile to update you! The end of NaNo is also the end of the semester, a busy time, as I’m sure you know. Okay: FINAL … Continue reading
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Tagged book report, excerpts, FAQ, NaNoWriMo, process blog, results, Studio Days, synopses
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"Workshop" to "Writing Group"
I love what Peter Turchi has to say about workshop here. This and Madison Smartt Bell’s introduction to Narrative Design have really informed my thinking about how I teach workshops. When I’m teaching a workshop in which students are sharing … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Thing, Blackboard, Madison Smartt Bell, Peter Turchi, process blog, workshop, writing group
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