Slice of Life Story Challenge

Slice of Life Tuesday

Stacey Shubitz
Write. Share. Give.

Register: Please take a few minutes to fill out the sign-up form if you plan to write with us for the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge in March.

Help Us Grow the Challenge: Share my overview post and our podcast with friends or colleagues joining the individual challenge this March. For Classroom SOLSC info in April, direct them to Leah’s post.

Build Your Expertise: Have you checked out our winter blog series? Research can be instrumental in supporting instructional decision-making for teachers. This week, we will immerse you in research to build your expertise in various issues surrounding the writing workshop. 

A four square collage of paintings and information from the Natoinal Gallery of Art. The top left box shares a bit about Impressionism. The other three boxes are paintings from Degas and Van Gogh.
Click on the image to enlarge and to read more about Impressionism. Painting credits are as follows — top right: “Farmhouse in Provence” by Vincent Van Gogh; bottom left: “Four Dancers” by Edgar Degas; bottom right: “Green Wheat Fields, Auvers” by Vincent Van Gogh.

Be Inspired: I’ve written about the connection between Impressionism and narrative writing (which makes up much of our slice-of-life writing). In late December, I took my kids to the National Gallery in Washington, DC, which went to when I needed to study for exams as a college student in DC. It hit me again as I meandered through the Impressionist galleries with my children. Impressionism offers valuable lessons for narrative writing.

  • Capture fleeting moments and emotions.
  • Use vivid language to paint scenes with sensory details.
  • Explore subjective perspectives of characters.
  • Break traditional storytelling rules and experiment.
  • Focus on the present moment for immediacy.
  • Allow room for interpretation and engage readers’ imaginations.

Applying one or more of these lessons can make our narrative writing more immersive and engaging. Perhaps these lessons, or the images I’m sharing, will inspire your slice-of-writing today or in March.

For Now: Please share your slice-of-life story below.

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her forthcoming book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.

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