Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Holiday time is officially here and with it holiday writing. In fact, we’ve already been through a few big holidays with Thanksgiving and Halloween. During fall and winter, the holidays come fast and varied. And no matter what…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Nonfiction article writing suffers from bad press. Beginning writers think it’s probably boring, and that kids would rather not read it. Interestingly enough, that isn’t true at all. Many kids love nonfiction. For some, it’s preferred over fiction.…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Writing an effective nonfiction article ending is one of the most easily overlooked aspects of crafting such a project. Many writers simply want to stop writing when they’ve shared all the information they gathered. And you can find…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > One of the best ways to learn what makes an engaging article opening is to look at great nonfiction pieces that have been published in magazines and talk about what made them so good. With that in mind,…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Most children’s writers gravitate toward fiction. In fact, most people who think about writing anything for children are thinking about picture books with bright illustrations, rhyming text, and whimsical stories (usually involving talking animals), but there is a…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Writing nonfiction for very young children, whether you’re writing for children’s magazines, or writing picture books or board books, requires specific things from the writer. You must be able to focus, you must be able to say much…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Many newer writers don’t consider nonfiction when deciding what they would enjoy writing. They see it as less creative or less interesting. And they associate it with homework, which many of us don’t remember fondly. And yet, nonfiction…
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > If there is one mantra fiction writers hear all the time, it’s “show don’t tell,” which means writing in the moment and digging into sensory detail rather than information dumping on readers. Actually, it means more than that,…
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