Before I die, I want to...
Hi teachers!
Hope you all had a wonderful first week of Teachers Write!
I spent last week on vacation with my family in Maine. One night, I went to dinner at the Flatbread Company in Portland. Outside, they have these chalkboards for people to write their hopes on.
Some were silly. Some were poignant. Some were unsurprising. And some were beautifully unselfish.
And some, were very familiar.
Your Monday warm-up today is to finish this statement yourself, and then finish it for each of your main characters. Do this whether your writing fiction, nonfiction, a novel, or a picture book.
Think carefully about how each character might respond to this board. Would he/she write the answer in public? Answer in his/her head? Or, would the person be too afraid to answer? Write the scene for each one, carefully describing the person's reaction to seeing the statement, and then the thought process for filling it in.
And remember, as always, to have fun. :)
Hope you all had a wonderful first week of Teachers Write!
I spent last week on vacation with my family in Maine. One night, I went to dinner at the Flatbread Company in Portland. Outside, they have these chalkboards for people to write their hopes on.
Some were silly. Some were poignant. Some were unsurprising. And some were beautifully unselfish.
And some, were very familiar.
Your Monday warm-up today is to finish this statement yourself, and then finish it for each of your main characters. Do this whether your writing fiction, nonfiction, a novel, or a picture book.
Think carefully about how each character might respond to this board. Would he/she write the answer in public? Answer in his/her head? Or, would the person be too afraid to answer? Write the scene for each one, carefully describing the person's reaction to seeing the statement, and then the thought process for filling it in.
And remember, as always, to have fun. :)