Writing Tips
Recipe for Robust Revision
Sign up for classes: Writing Memoir, Screenwriting, Conquering Writer’s Block, and Creative Writers Workshop. As a person new to grilling, I recalled a truth that once meat is cooked, it remains more flavorful if it rests before cutting and serving. This allows the juices which escaped to the middle while over the flames to reestablish…
Read MoreTeen Instruction: Academic Coaching
Recently, my Academic Coaching was successful for two students, ages 13 and 15. One prepared creative writing and dramatic monologue auditions for an arts magnet school, learning new approaches to excel in writing and presentation. On her first try, she was accepted! The other, a high school freshman, worked on getting up to speed with…
Read MoreChange Adds Up
Thirty-one million, five hundred and thirty-five thousand, nine-hundred and ninety seconds go by without much awareness, yet we make the final ten a collective concentrated countdown. At the final tick, we instantly let go of all the seconds from the year before and enthusiastically kiss in another block of time. When the clock strikes midnight,…
Read MoreTeen Writer Success: Curtained Confidence
Academic Coaching available While conducting a writing workshop for teens, I encountered a 14-year old boy who didn’t interact in discussions or make eye contact. His jet black hair covered his face Emo-style leaving only piercings and tattoos visible. After giving instruction followed by an exercise, I walked the room for individual questions. The boy…
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