New Link!

I added a new link for The Write Practice. I just found this website, which has become a great source for inspiration as well as research! It's filled with articles of advice and lessons for authors at all ages. It's absolutely lovely and I can't believe I've gone so long with out it. It has been a treasure, and if you are interested in checking it out, its to the right under the links section!

"When I write a novel I'm writing about my own life; I'm writing a biography almost always. And to make it look like a novel I either have a murder or a death at the end."

-Beryl Bainbridge

Camp Wrimo

I recently talked to one of my Nanowrimo friends about writing this April. Apparently there is a Camp Wrimo that let's you set your own goal but is otherwise the same as Nanowrimo. While I don't think I will be participating in Camp Wrimo, I agreed to come to a few write ins! It would just be so fun to be back in that writing environment! I've really missed it these last few months. It's funny, before Nanowrimo I didn't consider myself a writer and I never thought I would enjoy it as much as I do. It's crazy how much 1 month can change you! I have no regrets and I can't wait for the write ins.

"The initial draft is for me, a screaming weeping blubberfest where I just want to cry all the words out without any care in the world how they get onto the page."

 -Chuck Wendig

Entrance

My dream presentation has hot drinks and no chairs!

I have seen a good number of senior project presentations before, and one of the things I like is that the presenter has full reign on the set up and location. For my own presentation, I really want to embrace that. 

The environment I want is what one of my writing sessions would look like. This means, hot drinks, pillows and blankets, and definitely on the floor. So here's a sketch I have of what i want to do:

-Have pillows/ blankets set up in the middle of the room in a circle similar to a large nest.

-Have all chairs and tables pushed to sides of the room except for four desks in the back.

-Have everyone enter through the back door towards the desks.

-On desks: Coffee and Tea/Hot Cocoa in already poured styrofoam cups

Idea!: 

• Have EQ on the cup sleeve.
• Have a towel for spills just in case
• Have a large tote for cleanup at the end of presentation
• Choose students to assist in cleanup/setup prior to presentation.

Forth Interview questions

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
Ahhhh I still don't know who i'm interviewing! It might be a librarian? Or maybe a young adult author? I don't know yet!2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

20, that's a lot... ok lets do this

1. How do you think an author best reveals himself to his audience?
2. Why do you write?
3. What made you want to write?
4. When you write, who are your intended audiences?
5. When you write do you think that you create deeper meanings in your work? Things you hope people pick up on?
6. If you could travel to write, would you? Where would you go?
7. How do you think traveling can affect someone's story?
8. Do you see yourself or anyone you know in your characters?
9. What authors writing style stands out to you?
10. What do you think makes a writer?
11. How do you choose the "right words"?
12. What do you write about?
13. How do you feel about analyzing another authors work for deeper meanings?
14. What sort of stories are you most likely to read?
15. What do you find inspiration in?
16. Do you think the curtain was just blue?
17. What advice do you give to other writers?
18. What advice would you give to yourself when you first started?
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"Write to be read. Choose words that have flavor but do not overwhelm, that reach out instead of pushing back, that sound right to the ear and carry with them a kind of rhythm. Write with confidence, not with arrogance. Don’t be afraid to play with words. But be sure to let the reader play with you."

-Chuck Wendig

Blog 19: Third Answer

EQ 
"How does an author communicate who they are through their stories?"

Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
1. An author can communicate who they are through their word choice
or
2.An author does not communicate who they are through their stories

3 details to support the answer  

-From the educational stand point, we should never assume that we understand the author. We can't confirm our assumptions and just because they wrote about something doesn't mean it reflects on them. Sometimes a blue curtain is just a blue curtain.

-When you write, you create a sort of personality. It all comes down to the words you choose, they create a pattern for the reader to interpret. It can be snide, friendly, sassy, whatever the author makes it. It's often a handprint of who they are.

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The research source(s) to support your details and answer
Concluding Sentence

For my research the biggest sources were my interviews with my mentor Alison Baker and source #42