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ruth’s wn entry: fantasy story character & magic & setting.

Here are a couple of pages from my writer's notebook.  I put them on transparencies and used them to teach a focus lesson about doing some "deep thinking" about a story before actually drafting.  I encouraged students to begin with their character and to then explore other elements of their story.  (I also explained that… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: fantasy story character & magic & setting.

Writer's Notebook Wednesday

Today is Writer’s Notebook Wednesday

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Writer's Notebook Wednesday

Welcome to the First-Ever Writing Notebook Wednesday!

We had a major technical problem with Mr. Linky (he didn't want to link!!!) this morning. Therefore, please post a comment with a link to your entry so we can do a round-up (a la Poetry Friday) later today. Updated:  If you don't have a blog, fell free to type your writer's notebook entry in… Continue reading Welcome to the First-Ever Writing Notebook Wednesday!

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Open up your writer’s notebook and get ready to share!

You've heard of Poetry Friday (and some folks even know of Poetry Thursday) and blog carnivals. We're going to be starting something very similar to both of those here at Two Writing Teachers. It's called "Writer's Notebook Wednesday." This is going to an opportunity for you to share some of your writing with us (seeing… Continue reading Open up your writer’s notebook and get ready to share!