Teachers and Children Writing
accidentally broke a teacup – reminds me how good it feels to break things Ishikawa Takuboku Japanese poem translated by Carl Sesar I found this poem by accident and it reminded me, also, how good - and how bad – it can be to break things. When I was a child, I quite often broke … Continue reading accidentally
Words. Keep looking out for them. Collect them. List them. Value them. Stop worrying about WOW words and find the word that does the job. You know that nouns and verbs work hard for you. You have specialist knowledge -names of things you know well. Use them. So keep on gathering and listing. Don’t just … Continue reading Be specific
Welcome to September! I hope that many good things happened for you in August, and that, maybe, you even wrote (and sent) some postcards. We have been reading what writers say when they are asked to give advice about writing. As we have said before, the consistent advice is to read a lot and to … Continue reading Believe in yourself
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