Writing Tips for Teens #3: Writing the First Draft
#writingtipsforteens This school year, I’m giving writing tips for teens each month. (See the first post at https://lynnlovegreen.com/writing-tips-for-teens-1-guidelines-and-getting-started/.) Last month, we talked about the writer’s notebook and prewriting (https://lynnlovegreen.com/writing-tips-for-teens-2-your-writers-notebook-and-prewriting). Today, we’ll look at the write step of the writing process, or…
Camp NaNoWriMo
You’ve probably heard of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. (If not, you can see my post about it at http://lynnlovegreen.com/nanowrimo-2017/ .) But have you heard about Camp NaNoWriMo? Camp NaNoWriMo (https://campnanowrimo.org) takes place in April. It is run by the…
My NaNoWriMo 2017 Experience
As you may recall, I entered NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. (See my post from gearing up last month at http://lynnlovegreen.com/nanowrimo-2017/ .) Here’s how it worked out for me: I wrote most days of the month and finished…
NaNoWriMo 2017!
Update November 4: I’m up to 3869 words so far! Hope everyone is having a good NaNo month. NaNoWriMo is the nickname for National Novel Writing Month. It is a challenge to write a novel from November 1st to the…
NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month
Back in 2003, I was a busy English teacher who did a little writing on the side. That summer, I took a class with ASWC (the Alaska State Writing Consortium), and a colleague told me about NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing…
