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We’re All in This Together: Writing Goals for 2014
Last month our WAITT members talked about accomplishments for 2013. This month, it’s time to look forward. We are sharing at least one writing-related goal for 2014 and how we are going to get there. I can’t wait to see what these ladies accomplish in 2014!!! Sue Heavenrich Archimedes…
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Picture Book Status Updates
I’ve been involved with Julie Hedlund’s 12×12 Picture Book Challenge for 2 years. In that time, I’ve written, revised, revised, revised, and revised. However, I realized recently that I have a ton of different picture books, all at different stages, and I really needed to get a handle on…
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Picture Book Month Day 30: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts featuring A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS
A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS by Julie Hedlund Illustrated by Pamela Baron Summary: This app is now a print book that includes collective nouns that describe animals. Mentor Text Writing Skills: * Specificity * Vivid Verbs * Adjectives * Alliteration * Word Choice A TROOP IS…
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We’re All in This Together: Motivation Post #2
How do you keep yourself motivated? We all like to have written, but find it hard to stay motivated to write. Yesterday several children’s writers weighed in on how they stay motivated. Today, Alayne Kay Christian gives several tips for staying motivated. Alayne Kay Christian Author of “Butterfly Kisses for…
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We’re All in This Together: Motivation Post #1
How do you keep yourself motivated? We all like to have written, but find it hard to stay motivated to write. I posed this question to the “We’re All in This Together” folks. Today and tomorrow I will feature writers’ thoughts. Sue Heavenrich Writing about science & nature for…
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Mom’s Write: 5 Ways to Survive Schedule Changes
It’s summer time. If you are a mom and a writer, chances are, this means that there will be some change in your schedule. If you have kids in school, they will be home more often, or you’ll be shuttling them from place to place. If you have babies…
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We’re All in This Together: Books That Impact Writers Post #1
I asked our “We’re All in This Together” group to tell me about a book that impacted them as a writer. It could be a book on writing, a book that they wished they’d written themselves, or a book that they just really love and has made an impact…
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We’re All in This Together: Revision Tips Post #2
Miranda Paul Children’s author and RateYourStory.org Founder www.MirandaPaul.com 3 Revision Tips for Picture Books 1. Search for “filler” words that add to word count unnecessarily. I am often guilty of using the words “just” “even” “all” and “only” too much, and also of transitions that aren’t needed such as…
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We’re All in This Together: Revision Tips Post #1
Today children’s writers share their favorite revision tips. I hope you will find some practice ways to revise your writing in today’s post. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I slog through early stage revision like everyone else — cutting out tens of thousands of words and rewriting. But the…
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We’re All in This Together: Making Time to Write Post #2
Yesterday, several children’s writers posted about how they make time to write. Today, we have some more great tips on making time to write. Allison Wexler Weiss Like everything else that I want to accomplish in life, I make writing a priority. But how do I that when, like…
