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School is fun, too — I mean it.

I had so much fun teaching 7th and 8th grade yesterday that I almost wanted to do it full time. Even in the classes where kids looked at me with slack jaws and glazed-over eyeballs, it was fun to have a chance to explain something to people who were listening (mostly). We read an article
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Dangerous Revisions

Um. Did you know that there’s the possibility of making your story worse through the revision process? I just thought you might need one more thing to be afraid of. But, really? Revision is coming along. I did many pages this morning, and plan to do some more after I take care of a couple
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Curly Girlie

When she was little, we curled her hair in those fat-pencil rollers almost every week. It prevented the brushing, which thing (the brushing, not the prevention) she really hated. And Daddy was convinced that she behaved better less hideously when she was curly. In any case, she has always had some pretty great hair. She
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Here’s a little story…

Once upon a time I needed to raise the hem of a borrowed Homecoming dress. (We call this the HOOK.) Then I cried, remembering that I don’t know how to sew. (… And Backstory.) Then I stopped crying and put the whole thing off just one more day. (Rising action, friends.) Homecoming is Saturday. (Crucial
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Books Read in September

* CORDUROY MANSIONS by Alexander McCall Smith (Hey, Mr. Smith – want to be my new best friend?) * MY NAME IS ASHER LEV by Chaim Potok (Is it possible to be a Jewish Mormon? This book SO speaks to my soul.) * LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman (I didn’t read it all, but
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Tell Me A Story

Did you know that when my first Kids were very small, I used to live in fear of the words, “Tell me a story”? Well, I did. I would read to them all day and all night and love every second of it. (Except for maybe the Cat. I have issues with the Cat.) But
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One, Two, Three

Dear Becca, You know that feeling? That one where you’re just POSITIVE that nothing is getting done, or getting done correctly, or getting done for the right reason? Me, too. So today, I want you to remember this: Start at the beginning. Get the first thing tackled. Step through it. And when it’s done, or
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Magic Details

Remember how I started doing some private writing lessons? Well. I did. And it is SO MUCH FUN. My Toodles (that’s what I’m going to call them, but they don’t know that yet) are so excellent. Our first session, we talked about details and how they tell us so much about a character. So I
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