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Archives for September 2016

Three Ways to Keep At It

Lyn Hawks · September 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Starting a story is daunting and many of us who write struggle to find enough hours in the week to go deep into a narrative. As I embark on a new novel, three quick ways I use to keep me in the game felt like ones I should share. Find Your Passion, or Embrace the Pain. I … [Read more...] about Three Ways to Keep At It

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: characterization, inspiration, novel, novels, passion, persistence, persistence with writing, the writing life, writing a novel, writing process, writing process

You Gotta Get Behind Your Character

Lyn Hawks · September 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment

There are a lot of reasons to write a book, but for me, it’s because I’ve fallen in love with a particular person. (Not actual, though my characters talk to me constantly like they’re very, very real. And love interests, exes, et cetera have fueled some pretty interesting writing … [Read more...] about You Gotta Get Behind Your Character

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: characterization, characters, Minerda, Minerva, Minerva Mae Christopoulos, nerds

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A writing process. Ha! Ask me every day what my pr A writing process. Ha! Ask me every day what my process is, because surely it’s changed. I do show up daily, and I have a new mantra. *Write into the relationships. Let people push on one another.* This has replaced STOP EXPLAINING; START CHASING. (Can you tell my character goal was kind of muddy? All caps hollering at myself does help.) The latest advice is about trusting the people I’ve created, whom I’ve gotten to know over a year, and understand their psychology and their interdependencies. Each person has their own goal and arc. They aren’t pawns to be moved in a game of plot. They are humans moving through the beats I’ve planned and making discoveries along the way.

“Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.” - Madeline L'Engle

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Oh @vcfawcya I ❤️💗💗❤️you! Blessed to Oh @vcfawcya I ❤️💗💗❤️you! Blessed to grow and share my work in such a great place. Honored to receive the Norma Fox Mazer award for my YA novel.
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So excited for next week, and about the lesson on So excited for next week, and about the lesson on rhetoric and persuasive speech I just posted to Teachers Pay Teachers. It’s also a chance to explore media objectivity and bias as well as American history and women in politics. Content analysis and close reading, cooperative learning, Socratic discussion, and then multiple choice questions that help students get ready for standardized tests. All things to all people! If you know of an English or History teacher needing a lesson for next week, please point them to Success Story on Teachers Pay Teachers. On this historic occasion, there’s so much to celebrate!
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Madam-Vice-President-Rhetoric-Persuasive-Speech-AP-Lang-Comp-6450653

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