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…
Writing Tips for Teens #1: Guidelines and Getting Started
I miss seeing teen writers in classrooms and libraries. I wish I could volunteer with our local teen writing club in person instead of virtually. But we’re stuck with what we have in this COVID-19 era. I will provide writing…
Nuts and Bolts for Newbie Writers
I’ve been writing seriously for about fifteen years. I’ve learned a lot in that time, some things from listening to others and some from making plenty of mistakes of my own. While I can’t share everything in one post, here…
Crazy Eights: What I’ve Learned in the Last Eight Years by Lynn Lovegreen
Note: This was first published on the Romancing the Genres blog on May 9, 2019. See the original post at https://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com/2019/05/crazy-eights-what-ive-learned-in-last.html Romancing the Genres is celebrating its eight-year anniversary this month. Thanks to Judith and Sarah for keeping it going…
Writing is Like Baseball
Baseball is America’s pastime for several reasons, but the reason I’m so attracted to it is the combination of individual performance and teamwork. Writing is like baseball in that way. Yes, writing is a solitary pursuit in that we spend…
