Archive for September, 2014
How A Hotdog Made Me A Better Writer
Posted by LadyLadder in Growing Up A Writer, Linda on September 30, 2014
by Linda Escalera Price My mother refused to teach me to read. I was about 3, and she thought if I learned to read then, I would be bored when I started kindergarten. So I taught myself to read by studying my older siblings’ workbooks about Dick and Jane and Sally. (As the youngest, I […]
Blame it on Black Beauty
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Growing Up A Writer on September 26, 2014
By Darlene Cah Sometime in third grade at Our Lady of Grace Elementary School in Brooklyn, Miss Demik changed the life of a fat kid from the projects. Yeah, that would be me. The young teacher brought in a copy of Black Beauty, and read one chapter every day to the class. It was like […]
To Read is to Live
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Special Editions on September 19, 2014
To bring awareness to the importance of reading and writing, Grammarly, an online automated proofreading service, has initiated their Promote Literacy Program. Bloggers, like us at 5Writers, are partnering with them to bring attention to their efforts, and by sharing this post with you, Grammarly will donate to a literacy charity. For more information about […]
Mining The Past to Gild The Present: How I Got Here
Posted by Ron Hayes in Growing Up A Writer, Ron Hayes on September 15, 2014
by Ron Hayes We are all, every one of us, the sum of our parts. Each of us carries around with us the bits and pieces of the places we’ve been and the things we’ve seen and the people we’ve known. For those of us who write, we have that most magical of gifts in […]
Cover Reveal for New Craft Textbook (News)
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, News on September 11, 2014
5writers regular contributor Jennie Jarvis is delighted to reveal the cover of her new craft textbook, Crafting the Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation in Development. This text is intended to provide writers of all formats and genres a road map they can use to create a fully developed character. Crafting […]
Growing up as a Writer: Learning to Think as a Writer by Brad Windhauser
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Growing Up A Writer on September 8, 2014
Growing up as a Writer: Learning to Think as a Writer by Brad Windhauser Henry James famously said, “A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost.” I stress this with my students every semester. But what does it mean, some ask? We pay attention, I tell them, and when we do, we get to […]
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