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My daughter, Princess Kitten, just finished her fourth year of NaNoWriMo. In addition to working on her novel, she wrote a blog post of tips for other young writers:
An excerpt:
Sometimes it’s hard to get started. After all, a blank page is pretty scary. It’s kinda like a zombie—only instead of eating your brains, it eats your creativity. I wouldn’t be surprised if, second to writer’s block, a blank page was a writer’s worst enemy.
December 3rd, 2012 at 11:09 pm
[...] including writing. Nebby asks, “What makes a good piece of writing? Maybe Nebby will find these writing tips, from Denise, to be [...]
December 10th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Writing is sooo important. My daughter writes her own blog as part of her homeschool writing lessons. It work because she wants the blog to be good because her peers are reading it. I win because writing the blog is less like doing traditional school work. I did have her take a free pre-blogging course at http://www.blogwriting.com before she started. I wanted her to know a bit about blogging first. It was worth it to her.
Have a merry Christmas and a joyous New Year.
Joyfully,
Jackie
December 11th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
I agree! My daughter has learned so much through her blog, and it’s amazing to see her writing skills grow and improve.
December 18th, 2012 at 8:08 am
I love your daughter, very smart girl