Questions 386: Writing Difficult Scenes
Subscribe Here! Zoe asks: “Any advice for writing a scene you find draining to write?”
Subscribe Here! Zoe asks: “Any advice for writing a scene you find draining to write?”
Subscribe Here! In this tenth installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “What, if any, value is there in teaching plot models and forumlas to my students?”
Subscribe Here! In this ninth installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “I use the classic pyramid plot diagram to teach story structure. Is there another way that’s more engaging?” Resources mentioned: Kurt Vonnegut’s Story Shape Graphs Dan Wells’s 7-Point Plot Lecture
Subscribe Here! In this eighth installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “Given the limited life experience of children these days, how do I encourage them to explore new perspectives?”
Subscribe Here! In this seventh installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How do I teach my students how to break punctuation rules–how much do they need to know beforehand?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Subscribe Here! In this sixth installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How do I get my students to expand their reading tastes so they can write in multiple genres?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Books Discussed: Tales from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling …
Subscribe Here! In this third installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How can I respect subculture grammar while teaching best practices in word choice and writing?”
Subscribe Here! In this second installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How can we effectively expand our usable vocabulary?” Books mentioned: The King James Bible The Works of Shakespeare The Illiad The Odyssey The Oedipus Trilogy The Satires of Juvenal Ciero
Subscribe Here! As the first in our new miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How do I get my students to write with the same command of language they use when they speak?”