Like most working-class kids of my generation (I suspect), I grew up convinced that writing in a book – even a book that you owned, and even with a pencil – was a crime that ranked pretty close to murder on the scale of awfulness. My beliefs about writing in books may have been influencedContinue reading “Nevertheless…”
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Time (What to do when you haven’t got any)
Last week’s post was full of magical ideas about words falling out of your mind and onto a blank page, arranging themselves in no particular order until several drafts later, after you, all of your friends, one or two teachers or tutors, and every expert on writing who happens to live in your neighborhood (doesn’tContinue reading “Time (What to do when you haven’t got any)”
Engaging Texts: Has Your Text Been Engaged? 