Read STORIES.

Read expressively.

Daydreaming

Writing: Telling thestories I’ve imaginedin written word

Mrs. Hagen

Read EVERYTHING out loud.

Buffalo State College

PROCESS

Baumeler

SHOW UP every day

Process

PRE-First Draft

Iowa

Chronicle of Higher Education

Writing: Telling the story I’ve lived inwritten word.

Iowa State

CRITIQUE

What’s working?What could make it stronger?

MISSION

We are here to help each other become our best possible selves.

Make a safe place for creating and sharing.

FUNNY

The Dungeon of Deadly Dullness

The Yellow Prison of Propulsion

Just for fun. Just for me.Writing: Telling the story I most wanted to hearin written word.

The Workshop

I was the worst studentin the class, and…

My job, at first, is to imagine the story. Later,it is to find and choose andwrite the words that best tell that story.

Sometimes I’m NOT writing for over 50%of my time spent writing.

STORY, STORY, STORY

Everything we learn about writing serves story.

Make a safe place for creating and sharing.

Read STORIES.Read expressively.

Encourage STORY-WRITING.

Show and demonstratePROCESS as well as product/excellence.

PRE-First Draft

Give them time over time. Teach them to show upevery day.

Read everything OUT LOUD.

Edit/Critique/Appreciateas a community helping each of its members become their best possible selves.

I don’t know if the best writers are the people whohave the greatest facility with words.

MAYBE the best writers are the people who have the best stories to tell, and make the commitmentto do the hard work of writing them down.