For teachers and homeschool educators:
- If you look above this blog heading, you'll see that I just created a new page, "Teaching the Story." If you click on it you'll not only find book reviews, but also several reproducibles from the CD that are now available on-line.
- The Maupin House blog is full of useful information and resources for teachers and homeschool parents. Several Maupin House authors and editors blog about subjects that interest them and you will receive input from a variety of professionals.
- Not sure about what book to recommend to your child? You can search my blog under "books for boys," "books for girls," "books for boys and girls," or "historical fiction." Or you can check out GoodReads and read other people's book reviews.
- I blogged about Literacyhead before. It's worth repeating--this is a tremendous resource.
- National Novel Writing Month has a program geared specifically towards young writers. I'll be one of the featured "pep talkers" in November.
- The Center for Writing Excellence is a part of the Institute for Instructional Excellence. The Center offers classes on Creating a Character Sketch and Developing Realistic Dialogue, a bi-monthly fiction contest (I'm one of the judges!) and writing services. Janie Sullivan, the director, has a very instructional blog.
- I have subscribed to Writer's Digest for years and it continues to educate and challenge me.
- Write2Ignite is a group that provides Christians writers with training, encouragement, and networking. They organize an annual conference (I am teaching the teen track), have an ongoing blog, and lively weekly chats on Monday night.
- If you want to write for children, the most important organization to join is SCBWI. The NC and SC region is very active and I'd encourage you to visit the local website.
- One of the best ways to improve yourself as a writer is to get involved in a local critique group. For a great book on the subject, check out Becky Levine's The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide.
- National Novel Writing Month starts in a few weeks. If you have always wanted to write a novel, now is the time to get started!
3 comments:
Great resources, thanks for sharing, Carol. It's really tough because there are so many sites out there and so many of them offer very good advice and keep writers going. There are a good many I also use but way too many to list here. I just keep referring folks to tons of them - lol. I'll be the Greenville, SC cheerleader again this year for NaNo but don't usually participate in as a writer. Just depends on how much I have going on. I will cheer on all my friends in their endeavors wherever they may be - so look me up and I'll do my encouragements and all - see you there - E :)
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Oooh! A goodie box! I love it when you post recommended sites.
I'm off to visit some of them!
Jean
Thanks, ladies, for visiting my blog. There are soooo many resources out there, it's hard to take advantage of them all. No, it's downright impossible!!!Glad you found this helpful.
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