The Writing for Excellence seminars are like a writing conference for a day—at a fraction of the cost. We usually bring a great teacher from out of town, but in…
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The first time Susan practiced clustering, the book she was studying gave her an assignment to write a story about the word “fence.” Her first response was, “There isn’t any…
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Johnny went to a country school that had no cafeteria. Just like everybody else, he ate at his desk in the classroom, with the appropriate kind of lunch: a sandwich,…
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Janelle felt an urge to write. In difficult situations, God became real and she knew her experiences would encourage others. She needed to tell her story. The fulltime mom with…
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At the beginning of the year, Jim made another writing resolution. This would be the year he would finish his novel. A month later, he hadn’t made much progress. Not…
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After laying his cup on the table and lying on the couch, Larry looked to see if the cup lay squarely on the coaster or if its lie was part…
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John wrote with confidence, aware of his superb ability for assembling great sentences with concrete nouns and active verbs. Because of many hours spent in research, he knew everything that…
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