by sludwig | Dec 22, 2017 | Classroom Stories, Inspirations, Teaching Writing, Writing, Writing Life, Writing Practice, Writing Tips
I love when Facebook randomly picks old posts to remind me what was. This one came up today – me with my Creative Writing Club from the Simkin Middle School in Winnipeg circa 1998/99. Talk about a sunrise/sunset moment – these amazing girls are now pushing 30, each so...
by sludwig | Nov 14, 2017 | Exercise, Inspirations, Starting Again, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Exercises, Writing Life
I recently listened to a great master class with the writer Ruth Ozeki (this class is one of many, MANY reasons I strongly recommend joining Story Is A State Of Mind). In it, she talks about struggling with wanting to write magical realism but not knowing how. The...
by sludwig | Jul 18, 2017 | Teaching Writing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Exercises, Writing Practice, Writing Tips
I have heard people say, for years now, that handwriting is a dying art. My kids are barely taught it in school. I have no idea how they will ever sign important documents. For most kids of their generation, handwriting is like rotary phones, postcards and Walkmans....
by sludwig | Jun 22, 2017 | Communications Specialist, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life, Writing Practice
Some days I am easily distracted. In fact, in sitting down to write this blog post, I found myself falling down the Google pothole while looking for a cartoon about distraction I saw years ago (I found it. It had to do with ADHD, actually. I went back and forth about...
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