Podcasts about writing project

Send us a textStarting a piece of writing can always be intimidating. Whether you've written a book before or are venturing into writing for the first time, the blank page can seem overwhelming. In this episode of Authors Who Lead, I delve into the various aspects of writing challenges and how they can serve as a catalyst to kickstart your writing journey.Timestamp:00:00 Unlock Writing Potential with Challenges04:28 Mindset: Key to Overcoming Writer's Doubts09:31 Overcome Fear: Write and Publish12:44 Overcoming Self-Doubt in Writing14:24 Join Our Writing ChallengeFull show notesCOMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Autumn Karen: Mastering the Long Haul: How to Stick With Your Writing Project Until It's Done Autumn Karen is a filmmaker, journalist, ghostwriter, and educator who uses writing to elevate traditionally unheard stories. She's English faculty at High Point University, an Honors Fellow at UNC Greensboro, and a longtime contributor to local independent paper Triad City Beat. Her award winning work as a journalist, author, and screenwriter centers on themes such as systematic oppression, grief, and complex societal relationships. Among her credited co-authored books in her last decade as a ghostwriter are Mississippi Still Burning: From Hoods to Suits, the story of a Black preacher who took over the KKK from prison, and Amy: Book One, an empowerment erotica novel published through the University of Pleasure. Her award-winning short screenplay, Infinity Care, is based on her own experience losing a daughter to epilepsy. She's a founder of Medusa's Gaze, a development and distribution company that focuses on amplifying the voices of women and gender diverse creators. Link: https://www.autumnkaren.com/ Support PEG by checking out our Sponsors: Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me or from the link in the description, and use promo code “GHOST” and receive a 1-month free premium subscription. The best tool for getting podcast guests: https://podmatch.com/signup/phantomelectricghost Subscribe to our Instagram for exclusive content: https://www.instagram.com/expansive_sound_experiments/ Subscribe to our YouTube  https://youtube.com/@phantomelectricghost?si=rEyT56WQvDsAoRpr PEG uses StreamYard.com for our live podcasts https://streamyard.com/pal/c/6290085463457792 Get $10.00 Credit for using StreamYard.com when you sign up with our link RSS https://anchor.fm/s/3b31908/podcast/rss

Watch Corella Lumpkins and Annie Barnaby join us to talk about resume writing and the Project Xtern program. 

Join this special Write Out edition of The Write Time! Born in Louisville, Mississippi, Jermaine Thompson learned language from big-armed women who greased their skillets with gossip and from full-bellied men who cursed and prayed with the same fervor. Jermaine earned his MFA in poetry from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 2018, and he currently teaches 9th–12th grade Humanities at Build Up Community School in Birmingham, AL.Jermaine will be interviewed by Connecticut teacher and Writing Project teacher-leader, Rich Novack.More about Write Out...

Born in Louisville, Mississippi, Jermaine Thompson learned language from big-armed women who greased their skillets with gossip and from full-bellied men who cursed and prayed with the same fervor. Jermaine earned his MFA in poetry from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 2018, and he currently teaches 9th–12th grade Humanities at Build Up Community School in Birmingham, AL. Jermaine is interviewed by Connecticut teacher and Writing Project teacher-leader, Rich Novack.

In this last episode of Season 4 of the podcast, I am doing a solo show talking about how to choose a writing project, as well as the mindset shifts we need to make in order to stick with the project we've chosen. Let's banish Shiny New Idea Syndrome once and for all!Here's a link to where you can find the Essential Book Outline resource I mention in the show.I'm taking a few weeks off now to record new episodes. See you soon for Season 5 of the show!--Rhonda xo

After some scheduling and technical difficulties, we have finally gathered 'round the virtual table to celebrate our 10th anniversary! We do things a little differently this week as we don't have any fandom news, but we do have your episode feedback and then some very special anniversary feedback. We reflect on the past decade, with not only how we have evolved but also how fandom and aspects of it have changed as well. Plus Rachel has a BIG project announcement that we hope you will help support. Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/FiveishFangirls #FiveishFam TIME STAMPS 00:00:21 Intro 00:02:10 Show Feedback 00:13:48 Anniversary Feedback, Questions, and Discussion 01:38:26 Closing Thoughts 01:40:14 Outro Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. 

Starting with beautiful pictures, students from 3 PRPS schools worked with seniors in their communities, sometimes at care facilities, to write stories. The story of this BRAND NEW Prairie Rose Possibilities project is sure to warm your heart! District Instructional Lead Kelli-Ann Nixdorf has helped each group publish a book of the stories - Foremost High School, Senator Gershaw grade 9s, Eagle Butte High School grade 11s - they are now all published authors!

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how she decides to move an idea from the idea phase to an actual writing project. Resources Episode 175 - Idea Capture DPL Resources Join us for our upcoming workshop “Writing Like a Teacher” to use some ideas that aren't developed enough for a conference presentation or publication. Missed this session? Email christine@defendpublishlead.com for a late registration and the Missed this session? Email christine@defendpublishlead.com for a late registration and the recordings and templates. Set your writing goals with us!  Try us out in a free consultation. Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. A FREE webinar is posted each month. Missed a workshop? Request a workshop or webinar recording from christine@defendandpublish.com Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net/ New to TAA? Join for just $30 using discount code TAA70 for 70% off!!! Returning TAA members can use the coupon code TAADP10 for $10 off an annual membership. You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

Today's podcast episode is designed to help you figure out your summer writing plan while you listen. If you have a backlog of papers and you want to maximize your summer writing, start with this podcast episode.  Then, if you like my style of teaching, apply for this summer's cohort of Navigate, where you'll experience the training, co-writing, and coaching that will help you clear your backlog of papers so that your voice is out there in the world, working for you.   Check out the Navigate program details and start your application process here.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Apply here! Cathy's book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that's going to reshape your writing, and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time. Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here! Want to train with us for free on your campus? Now you can when you recommend our Scholar's Voice™ Faculty Retreats to a decision-maker on your campus! Download the brochure with the retreat curriculum and both in-person and online retreat options here. If you would like to hear more from Cathy for free, please subscribe to the weekly newsletter, In the Pipeline, at scholarsvoice.org. It's a newsletter that she personally writes that goes out once a week with writing and publication tips, strategies, inspiration, book reviews and more.   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL:  LinkedIn Facebook YouTube  

 Randee Howard is the operations associate for The War Horse. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, she earned her bachelor's of arts in urban studies from Columbia University in 2021. She was the women's veterans representative for two academic years and volunteered as a nonfiction writing tutor to incarcerated women at Rikers Island. Prior to her enrollment, she served four years on active duty in the United States Navy as an aviation electrician on helicopters in San Diego, California. She deployed on USS Makin Island (LHD-8), an amphibious assault ship to Southeast Asia and the Middle East. She also volunteers as the director of policy for Black Veterans Project.  She talks about the Navy and the writing project for Black veterans with host Jim Fausone.

Shevy Smith, a Los Angeles-based composer and producer, embarked on her illustrious career by signing a publishing deal as a teenager with Froehlig-Palmer Music/ Famous Music in Nashville. A recipient of the prestigious ProMax Gold award and an Emmy-nominated producer/composer, Shevy's influence extends beyond the realm of music. In 2019, she joined forces with Khalid Jones to establish Elite Shout, a creative firm dedicated to leveraging emerging technology for groundbreaking opportunities in the music industry. Ultimate Playlist, the first-of-its-kind music discovery app, was launched in 2023 in partnership with the Arizona Lottery. Transitioning from a staff writer and college touring artist, Shevy's journey led her to the west coast in 2008, where she became the visionary force behind Forte Poesy—a groundbreaking music education program focused on empowering youth through the art of songwriting and musicianship. Her innovative curriculum reached across the globe, implemented in public and private schools in iconic cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and London. Simultaneously, Shevy showcased versatility by writing, voicing, producing, and engineering numerous national TV and film campaigns for major networks like ABC, NBC, Soapnet, and ESPN. Shevy is the Board Co-President for the Afghan Women's Writing Project and a proud member of the Alliance of Women Film Composers. For more on Shevy's extraordinary journey, visit www.shevysmith.com. www.shevysmith.com https://www.ultimateplaylist.app   Please subscribe James Youtube channel here! https://tinylink.net/XSGqL Featured song for this episode is "Ride On", check it out on Spotify here  https://open.spotify.com/track/5VQzjlHv7qZzyZIOSGkhjU?si=eb0d5a683f2e43d8 For a custom-branded song you can reach James at james@thejamesoconnoragency.com If you wish to have an appointment with James about coaching, use this link. www.calendly.com/dharmic Apple podcast review link Please leave us a 5 Star review, its easy to do, and really helps us out to grow the show! https://digitalhealthtoday.com/support/how-to-review-itunes/ Thank you for doing this my friends!

Our meteorologist Tina Simpkin describes which areas of the Maritimes are about to be hit by freezing rain. Mayor Mike Savage in HRM discusses his decision to cancel the New Year's Day Levee and instead donate $8,500 to help the homeless. Editorial cartoonist, Michael DeAdder, is on the list to become a Member of the Order of Canada. And on the phone-in: Writers Jane Doucet and Phil Moscovitch give advice to help aspiring writers.

We should all be able to experience the light, gratitude, imagination, and possibility of this season. It's in this spirit that I want to share a very special project with you. I just know that your students will absolutely love it. It's called “My Sneaky Snowman's Adventure”, and it is a narrative writing project that I'll give you step by step directions for in today's episode.  Show Notes: https://www.drlorifriesen.com/blog/winter-writing-project  Join The Classroom Management Club: https://www.drlorifriesen.com/club  Check out Lori's TpT store (Beginning Teacher Talk): https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Beginning-Teacher-Talk  Connect with Lori on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drlorifriesen/ Connect with Lori on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beginningteachertalk If the Beginning Teacher Talk podcast is helping you in your teaching and if you're feeling extra loving, I would be so grateful if you would leave a positive review for the show! Your kind words mean the world to me. Just click here to leave your review now (and be entered into our draw for a $25 Amazon Gift Card)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beginning-teacher-talk/id1456137677 I hope you have a wonderful week, and remember - just because you are a beginning elementary teacher, there is no need for you to struggle like one. Xo Lori P.S. Do you have your copy of my FREE Ultimate Classroom Management Checklist? Get yours by clicking here now! https://www.drlorifriesen.com/ultimate-classroom-management-checklist

In this episode, we embark on an exploration into the life of Moshe Feldenkrais, the genius behind the revolutionary Feldenkrais method. Our host, Alex Greene, engages in a fascinating conversation with Philippe Beyvin, who not only used the Feldenkrais method to heal his own chronic knee and back injuries but also developed a deep interest in Feldenkrais' life and work.Philippe has uniquely chronicled Moshe Feldenkrais' journey through his Instagram account, the @feldenkrais_athletic_club. This project creatively compiles and presents Feldenkrais' story, from his early years to his education in France under renowned scientists and martial artists. Philippe's account vividly illustrates how Feldenkrais' experiences, including his work on defense projects, shaped his philosophies and the development of his method. Tune in to gain a comprehensive perspective on Moshe Feldenkrais' extraordinary journey and the genesis of his groundbreaking approach that intertwines the physical and the mental. Discover how Philippe's personal healing story intertwines with Feldenkrais' teachings, offering a unique lens to understand this transformative practice. Don't miss this enlightening episode that weaves together biography, personal healing, and the power of mindful movement.Links and Resources Mentioned:Feldenkrais Athletic Club: https://www.instagram.com/feldenkrais_athletic_club/A. Norman Deutsch's work on neuroplasticity: The Brain That Changes Itself https://normandoidge.com/?page_id=1259Key Highlights:00:00 - Intro04:00 - How Feldenkrais influenced Philippe Beyvin  13:29 - Research Approach for Feldenkrais Biography16:23 -  Journey of Moshe from Russia to Palestine24:38 - Education, construction work, self-defense, judo31:57  - Moshe's knee injury 43:35 - Feldenkrais Method Developed56:40 - Philippe's Writing Project

The Jen Marples show episode 140 is here, and today, we're getting out of our heads and into our hearts. My guest today, Elizabeth Perlman, is exceptional as she's dedicated her life to helping teenage girls and women tap into their intuition and creativity and bolster their self-esteem through writing.Elizabeth shares that historically, women's feelings and embodied experiences have been shamed, judged, attacked, and negated for thousands of years. We have a deep knowing in our gut, heart, and mind (read: our intuition) about what is right and true for ourselves. We must sift through internal and external voices and years of programming to hear that intuition. Elizabeth shares the power of writing with us and gives us powerful exercises and tools that will help us:Get back into alignment with ourselves.Answer burning questions.Tap into our creativity.Find our voice.Feel empowered.Elizabeth is a passionate advocate for the intuitive power of teenage girls. She is dedicated to shining a light on the wisdom and insights of young women, supporting them to find and own their voice as leaders and change-makers. She is the founder and executive director of The Intuitive Writing Project (TIWP), a writing teacher, an essay coach, a youth mentor, a speaker, an author, a graphic designer, an interfaith minister, a poet, a podcaster and a creative leader in the field of transformative arts and writing.Elizabeth and I also  discuss:A powerful 13-minute writing exercise to tap into your deepest desires.The power of storytelling and understanding that we're all storytellers.The challenges of writing and the benefits of an intuitive approach. Three powerful writing exercises for self-reflection and intuition.The science behind using writing to access the wholeness of our intuition.The power of writing every day to express emotions and reduce stress.Using writing to answer our burning questions about life. Elizabeth wants us to know we are all writers and that our voices need to be heard!Keep the conversation going with us by joining The Midlife Conversation on Facebook HERE!Learn more about Jen Marples at https://www.jenmarples.com/ Unedited AI Transcript HereCONNECT WITH ELIZABETH PERLMAN:The Intuitive Writing ProjectWebsiteCONNECT WITH JEN MARPLES:Subscribe to my NewsletterInstagramLinkedInTikTok Work with Jen! Website I'm here to support you in these ways:1x1 Business Coaching: Get personalized guidance to accelerate your success.1x1 Life Coaching: Navigate midlife changes with my 12-step program for clarity and action.VIP Days: Gain clarity in one focused session.I'm a 25+ year PR/marketing expert and 20+ year entrepreneur, ready to support you. Book a call HERE today!

It's November, also known as National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo can be a great jumpstart to a writing project, or to make progress on an existing project. It can help instill a regular writing routine, along with community and support.  But too often writers will start something in NaNoWriMo and never finish. Because after the initial inspiration fades, they lose momentum and drive. In this episode, I'll give you some guidelines to get the most out of your work in progress. And if you're participating in NaNoWriMo, I'll tell you how to get the most progress in the next 24 days and beyond. Episode Web PageRate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts.  Love what you're learning from the Writer Unleashed podcast? Pease consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more writers -- just like you -- to write the story that won't let them go.Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!Also, if you haven't done so already, follow the podcast so you never miss an episode. Want to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

In this episode, I talk about how to structure your life writing project whether its a memoir, autobiography or family history. Learn more about my online writers' membership: Qissa at sumayyausmani.com

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes how she “closes” a writing project and the academic decision making process behind choosing the next project. UPCOMING EVENTS Join us for our October series on Writing and Organizational Strategies for Doctoral Students: Click here  to get $5 off | Click here to learn more about Lisa Woodruff and Organize 365  FREE APA/MLA Citation Update Webinar on October 4, 2023 Learn how to develop writing processes as a new faculty member in our October 12, 2023 workshop “Developing an Effective Scholarly Writing Process as a New Faculty Member." DPL RESOURCES On the job market this year? Join us for our four week series on writing cover letters, DEI statements and more. One registration fee for all four sessions. Classes will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. Series begins Wednesday, September 6 · 12 - 1pm EDT Do you have an old set of conference slides laying around? Turn these into an article using our guided video series. Follow us step by step while we turn “real life” conference slides into a scholarly article draft. Register here to receive the videos. Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. Missed workshop? Request a workshop or webinar from christine@defendandpublish.com Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net/ New TAA members can use the coupon code TAADP10 for $10 off an annual membership. You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

Dan Blanchard, Bestselling and Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Educator, TV Host, and philanthropist is also a 2-time Junior Olympian Wrestler and Junior Olympian Wrestling Coach, and a veteran of the Army and Air Force. Growing up as a student-athlete, he is the first to admit that there was more athlete than a student. To make up for it, he completed 14 years of college and earned 7 degrees. Dan is a Special Education teacher in Connecticut at an alternative high school. He is a Teacher Consultant for the University of Connecticut's Writing Project and the face and voice for educational reform for the American Federation of Teachers. Dan is also the president of the Teen leadership Network and the Association of Publishers for Special Sales. As an educator, author, speaker, and parent of five, Dan feels he must positively influence our youth every chance he gets! He lives with his wife, Jennifer, their children, and their family dog, Willow, in Connecticut.  Check out Daniel Ted talk below Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley talks about four ways to get ideas for new writing projects. RESOURCES Slides used in this presentation DPL RESOURCES Do you have an old set of conference slides laying around? Turn these into an article using our guided video series. Follow us step by step while we turn “real life” conference slides into a scholarly article draft. Register here to receive the videos.  Check out our current and past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content. Missed workshop? Request a workshop or webinar from christine@defendandpublish.co Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net/ New TAA members can use the coupon code TAADP10 for $10 off an annual membership. You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors.

Are you a fan of celebrity romances?   Prepare to get the behind-the-scenes scoop with author Ava Wilder as we delve into her latest novel, Will They or Won't They.  Plus, we explore the complexities of her main characters, Lilah and Shane, and the real-life celebrity gossip that inspired this story.  From discussing her writing process to sharing her literary influences and current reading recommendations, Ava offers an exclusive insight into her creative world.BOOK: Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder on Amazon or Bookshop.SHOW NOTES & BOOKLIST: Find the episode show notes and a list of all the books mentioned here.MORE RESOURCES:  Visit bibliolifestyle.com for more information and resources to help you in your reading journey.JOIN THE COMMUNITY:Join the BiblioLifestyle Community & the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club for a fun, online book club experience!  Come and share books you've read, get inspiration for what to read next, make friends, and encourage each other along the way.  Learn more and join the community: bibliolifestyle.com/community.Join the members-only BiblioLifestyle Community & Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club! Here we read what we want, make friends, and encourage each other along the way. Attend our online book club, seasonally-themed brunches, workshops, plus more. Visit bibliolifestyle.com/community for more details and to join us. Download your free copy of The BiblioLifestyle 2023 Summer Reading Guide by visiting thesummerreadingguide.com. This year's guide features forty-eight new books, organized across eight categories, plus a minimalist reads list of eight must-read books. The guide also includes fun recipes, summer activities, reading and lifestyle tips, classic books, and a fun challenge. Get your free guide today!

Authors, speakers, presenters, and change agents, Cornelius and Kass Minor of Minor Collective share how they live in the space of possibility.Cornelius Minor is a Brooklyn-based educator and part-time Pokemon trainer. He works with teachers, school leaders, and leaders of community-based organizations to support equitable literacy reform in cities (and sometimes villages) across the globe. His latest book, We Got This, explores how the work of creating more equitable school spaces is embedded in our everyday choices — specifically in the choice to listen to kids.Cornelius has been featured in Education Week, Brooklyn Magazine, and Teaching Tolerance Magazine. He has partnered with The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, The New York City Department of Education, The International Literacy Association, Scholastic, and Lesley University's Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative. Kass Minor is an inclusive educator and community organizer deeply involved in local, inquiry-based teacher research and school community development. Alongside partnerships with the University of Chicago, Teachers College Inclusive Classrooms Project, The Author Village, and the New York City Department of Education, since 2004, she has worked as a teacher, staff developer, adjunct professor, speaker, and documentarian. Kass reads books like other people listen to albums; the classroom is her concert space. While Kass's organizing work in school communities is inspired by her NorthStars Myles Horton and Fannie Lou Hamer, her pedagogy is centered on joy from the surrounding communities and motivated by the idea that every adult can teach and every student can learn. Teacherhood, paired with motherhood, has driven her love of information sharing and redefining who gets to be a knower in the fiery world we live in today. She is the author of, Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools.Twitter: @MsKass1Instagram: @MsKass1 @theminorcollective LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kass-minorClubhouse: @kassminor / House: Joyful NoiseNewsletter: bit.ly/TeachFierceUpdates Website: Kassandcorn.com

Donna Lyon, PhD, is one of the amazing people! She's the founder and CEO of Left Write Hook – an evidence based boxing and creative writing program for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma.She is the editor of the book Left/Write//Hook: Survivor Stories from a Creative Arts Boxing and Writing Project and producer of a documentary film that is in post production about the program. In This EpisodeDonna's websiteLeft, Write, Hook bookDonna's documentary---What's new with The Trauma Therapist Project!The Trauma 5: gold nuggets from my 700+ interviewsThe Trauma Therapist Newsletter: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5739761/advertisement

I first saw Jeff's teaching during a summer Writing Project.  It changed my writing and grammar teaching!  And I want him to change yours.  A video link is included, and be sure to listen to his podcast, The POPcast!  Invitation to Notice.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV7Wvuk61Vs Jeff writes: “In the classroom, I experimented to see how I could accelerate students' learning of editing and writer's craft from reading---  even with students who are not always natural or voracious readers.”  The idea that he does his own research with students in front of him makes him a teaching guru in my book.  Where better to test ideas than with your own students instead of “participants” in a large-scale project?Online phonics diagnostic @whamphonics.comAdditional elementary resources @ https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Whamphonics

How might we integrate whole class lessons, small group work, and individual conferences to support students' growth as readers and writers? Listen in as literacy leaders, Ellin O. Keene and Dan Feigelson join the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast to discuss ways to enhance student engagement and agency by integrating reading and writing. When teachers make these connections apparent, students comprehend more deeply, write more meaningfully, and develop individual identities as readers and writers in the world. This episode connects to the Planning, Workshop and Assessment strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework. On June 14th & 15th, PEBC is proud to host Ellin and Dan for our summer institute, "Reading & Writing Connections in the Literacy Workshop." They will offer classroom-ready strategies teachers can use tomorrow and throughout the year and share videos of integrated classrooms that highlight key practices from their new books; Radical Listening: Reading and Writing Conferences to Reach All Students by Dan Feigelson and The Literacy Studio: Redesigning the Workshop by Ellin Keene. Ellin Oliver Keene has been a classroom teacher, staff developer, non-profit director and adjunct professor of reading and writing. For sixteen years she directed staff development initiatives at the Denver-based Public Education & Business Coalition. She served as Deputy Director and Director of Literacy and Staff Development for the Cornerstone Project at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years. Ellin works with schools and districts throughout the country and abroad supporting schools and districts with long-term, school-based professional development and strategic planning for literacy learning. Ellin recently published The Literacy Studio: Redesigning the Workshop for Readers and Writers which is focused on an up-to-date conceptualization of Readers/Writers' workshop. Dan Feigelson has worked extensively in New York City schools as a teacher, staff developer, curriculum writer, principal, and local superintendent. An early member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, he has led institutes, workshops and lab-sites around the world on the teaching of reading and writing and is a regular presenter at national conferences. His latest book Radical Listening: Reading and Writing Conferences to Reach All Students, refocuses reading and writing conferences to help all students reach their full potential. His practical approach centers on active listening―an equitable way to listen to, learn from, and guide students. He lives in Harlem and Columbia County, New York. The “Phenomenal Teaching Podcast” is brought to you by Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC) and is intended to elevate the strands of the PEBC Teaching Framework illustrated in Wendy Ward Hoffer's book, Phenomenal Teaching. Those strands include community, planning, workshop, thinking strategies, discourse, and assessment. Thank you for joining us this season as we strive to share the stories of educators who are creating scaffolds for each and every student to ensure that classrooms and schools are places where agency, equity, and understanding can flourish.

This episode we are joined by Jessica Blank!  Jessica is a writer, director, actor, story strategy consultant, and coach. With her husband Erik Jensen, she is the author of THE EXONERATED, HOW TO BE A ROCK CRITIC  and COAL COUNTRY.As an actor, Jessica appeared regularly as the lead's loudmouthed big sister in CBS' MADE IN JERSEY.  Additional TV credits include HBO's HIGH MAINTENANCE, FOR LIFE, BLUE BLOODS, ELEMENTARY, THE FOLLOWING, THE MENTALIST, BORED TO DEATH, RESCUE ME, LAW AND ORDER: CI, THE BRONX IS BURNING, NBC pilot SHELTER, and several more. Film acting credits include THE NAMESAKE (dir. Mira Nair), THE EXONERATED, SLENDER MAN, and over a dozen indies including CREATIVE CONTROL (SXSW Grand Jury Prize), ON THE ROAD WITH JUDAS (Sundance) and YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY KILLS YOU  (prod. Spike Lee). As a story consultant and coach, Jessica works with filmmakers, playwrights, television writers, screenwriters, novelists, and nonprofit and advocacy organizations.  She has guest taught at numerous colleges and universities including Brown, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Bard, NYU, The New School, Northwestern, Macalester College, Indiana University, Weber State, and Hamline University. She was a founding mentor for the Writers Guild Initiative's Veterans' Writing Project and, through that project, taught writing to vets and wounded veterans' caregivers for eight years. She is a frequent speaker, trainer and panelist on Story for Social Impact, and has a thriving private practice in New York and Los Angeles as a story consultant and coach.If you want to work with Jessica, you an DM her on instagram at @jessicacblank or reach out to her via her website at jessicacblank.com!

In this episode, President and executive writing coach Christine Tulley describes the types of projects that can make up a writing project mix in any give semester. Slides from this episode Check out the companion episodes to this one: Ep 107: Mapping Your Writing Projects to the Semester Ep 105 How I Set Up My Spring Semester for Writing Ep 102: My Holiday Writing RESOURCES: Check out our past workshops at Eventbrite for writing support content - all paid workshops can be accessed for half off registration and free webinars can be accessed for free. Request a workshop or webinar from christine@defendandpublish.com Don't forget about the wonderful resources at Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The organization can be found at: https://www.taaonline.net/ New TAA members can use the coupon code TAADP10 for $10 off an annual membership. You will also receive a copy of the eBook, Guide to Making Time to Write: 100+ Time & Productivity Management Tips for Textbook and Academic Authors. Other TAA resources: Please register for the TAA Online Conference. Register HERE.

Welcome to the Writing & Literacies SIG podcast series "Inquiring Minds"! In advance of "I Love to Write Day" observed every November 15th, we talk with two exemplary Writing Project site directors, Dr. Tonya B. Perry and Dr. Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell. Hosted by AERA Writing & Literacy SIG Graduate Student Board Member, Kyley Pulphus.

Today's guest is Ashika Kalra, who is the co-author of Behind Her Vision: Women of New York City, a book featuring 25 pioneering women across the arts, social impact, entrepreneurship, finance, and more. In this episode, we talk more about her journey of publishing this book in 2021 and writing this during the pandemic. Other topics include: How she and her co-worker Jade Chen decided to write their book Behind Her Vision: Women of New York City How they approached the idea, the process behind writing a book from beginning to end, what their inspiration was, how they hand selected the 25 featured women, and how they overcame the difficulty in writing this during the pandemic Power of cold emailing, networking, researching Reality of self funding writing project while working full time: how they approached distributors, stores, and investing their own money in the process Lessons, challenges and highlights of getting the book published and in NYC bookstores Ashika's goals with her book for the future Her confession including prioritization and not feeling guilty about productivity About Ashika Klara: Ashika Kalra currently works at a venture capital firm based in New York. In her day job, Ashika has the opportunity to meet with some of the most game-changing entrepreneurs of our generation and collaborate with them as they launch their business from the ground up. She is also a Tedx Speaker and has been recognized as a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum. Last year, she released her first book, Behind Her Vision: Women of New York City, co-authored with her dear friend, Jade Chen. The book explores a rare angle on perseverance from the lens of 25 pioneering NYC women, including: Samantha Barry, Editor-in-Chief Glamour Mahogany L. Browne, Award-Winning Poet & Writer Nina Davuluri, Former Miss America ... and many more! Inspired by their own need for role models, Ashika and Jade set out to expand their love for design and photography in a beautiful coffee table book that sparks vulnerable conversations about societal norms, imposter syndrome, career-defining moments, and heartbreak. Feel free to leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify if you enjoyed this episode and be sure to share this with a friend! You can also email any questions or feedback to thecityconfessions@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecityconfessions/support

Opening the Episode is Technician New's Editors, Abigail, Emily and Heidi. They discuss news and events going on around the Triangle. Following the weekly news, Eye On The Triangle has an interview with the co-founders of the Redbud Writing Project. Arshia Simkin and Emily Cataneo speak on their experiences within the NC State MFA program and the Redbud Writing Project.

Five writers and artists not normally associated with classical music, discuss a specific example of Vaughan Williams's work to which they have a personal connection, and why it speaks to them. Following on from the successful Five Kinds of Beethoven Radio 3 essay series in 2020, where a wide range of Beethoven fans shared their personal relationship to the composer and his work, this new series gives similar treatment to Vaughan Williams. Our essayists share their unexpected perspective on Vaughan Williams's work, taking it outside the standard ‘English pastoral' box, in a series of accessible essays, part of the Vaughan Williams season on Radio 3. Essay 1: Clare Shaw – poet/dramatist Clare considers the role that Vaughan Williams' setting to music of the Welsh hymn Rhosymedre has played in their life. They first played it as a teenager on the viola, for the Burnley Youth Orchestra. It symbolised an expression of beauty, love and hope, a sense of voice and connection to place and possibility... It is also that rare moment in music where the viola gets to carry the melody. Then, in Clare's fifties, when their mother (a cellist) died, the piece became a conduit for overwhelming grief, a way of holding the horrific and sublime experience of being present at the moment of death. Clare came home after their mother had died and played Rhosymedre, then wrote this poem about her and the music. Clare Shaw is a poet and performer, tutor and trainer. They have four poetry collections from Bloodaxe: Straight Ahead (2006), Head On (2012), Flood (2018) and Towards a General Theory of Love (2022). Clare is a regular tutor with a range of literary organisations - including the Poetry School, the Wordsworth Trust and the Arvon Foundation - delivering creative writing courses, workshops and mentoring sessions in a variety of different settings, with individuals at all levels of ability, confidence and experience. They work with the Royal Literary Fund and the Writing Project, supporting the development of writing skills in academic settings and workplaces. Clare is the co-director of the Kendal Poetry Festival - and involved in a range of innovative projects with artists and practitioners in other disciplines, including psychology, visual arts and music. Clare is also a mental health educator. All their work is underpinned by a deep faith in language: words have the power to harm and help us, and powerful language can transform us as individuals, communities and societies. Writer and reader Clare Shaw Sound designer Paul Cargill Producers Polly Thomas and Yusra Warsama Exec producer Eloise Whitmore A Naked Production for BBC Radio 3

We welcome Dr. Katie O'Daniels, teacher educator specializing in literacy studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.  She shares her passion for literacy education, and professional development through her work as director of the Gateway Writing Project.

Tune into this  special episode in the summer series of the Empowering Educator's podcast. Brian Sepe is on and he shares with us how he reignites his passion for education. You'll gain practical tips to help you reignite your own passion for education. https://alwaysalesson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Intervie-3.png ()Quotables Admit what you don't know and find ways to be a learner around that.  Everyone DESERVES a thought partner. Whatever happens today, the next presentation will definitely be better. Don't be afraid to ask for support. The most successful educators that I've been around are not afraid to hand it over to their students.  If you can't walk the talk, it becomes really challenging for your colleagues to gain that trust.  When it comes to teacher leadership, it's really just about understanding and deploying empathy and really understanding what's being said and what's not being said in a way that we can support without the bells and whistles of something that isn't attainable.  About Brian Brian Sepe is educator, instructional coach, and consultant. He is passionate about exploring the habits, beliefs, and ideas of people who teach and is driven by the idea that everyone deserves a thought-partner and trusted coach. Brian received his MA from Canisius College and began his work in classrooms as a teacher and coach through the partnership with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. He spent 17 years in Buffalo, NY as an elementary and middle school teacher and instructional coach. During the day, Brian can be found in classrooms supporting and empowering educators to find their voice and pursue their goals for their own learning and their impact on students. When Brian is not in the classroom, he serves as an adjunct professor at Canisius College and as a consultant and coach for the Western New York Teacher Residency Program. A program where early career educators experience a one year residency with a Master-Teacher in the city of Buffalo, NY. Brian is also a consultant with the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG) with Jim Knight and learning partner with Growth Coaching International (GCI) In his free time, Brian enjoys writing for Choice Literacy, spending time with his family, and coaching baseball. Connect with Brian: FB https://www.facebook.com/brian.sepe.75 (@Brian.sepe.75) IG https://www.instagram.com/brian_sepe_/?hl=en (@Brian_sepe_) Come Chat on Clubhouse! Instructional Coaching Clubhttp://www.clubhouse.com/club/instructionalcoaching (- www.clubhouse.com/club/instructionalcoaching) Join the Always A Lesson Newsletter Join http://eepurl.com/lJKNn (here) and grab a freebie! Connect with Gretchen Email: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com Blog: https://alwaysalesson.com/blog/ (Always A Lesson) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlwaysALesson/ (Always A Lesson) Twitter: https://twitter.com/gschultek/ (@gschultek) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/always.a.lesson/ (Always.A.Lesson) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/GretchenSchultekBridgers/ (Gretchen Schultek Bridgers) Book: https://alwaysalesson.com/product/elementary-educ-101-what-they-didnt-teach-you-in-college/ (Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn't Teach You in College) Leave a Rating and Review: This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2) Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and...

Justin Sloan shares his experience with the WGF's Veterans Writing Project - enjoy!

Friday, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Serravallo, who is the author of several teacher resources--including Writing Strategies, Complete Comprehension, Teaching Writing in Small Groups, and the best-selling "Reading Strategies book. In our conversation, we discussed her start in education, experience at Teacher's College, becoming a creator of resources, her writing process, and adjusting to a new landscape in education. After listening to the interview, you'll find yourself asking: "How Can I Help?" Quote: "You should live your life like a writer...live aware of the world. Always thinking anything I see as a Writing Project."--Serravalo Tune in. Learn. Grow. Reflect. Be Phenomenal, Mr. Short Serravalo Resources: https://www.heinemann.com/jenniferserravallo/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeremiah-short0/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremiah-short0/support

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick projects what the end of Roe v. Wade could mean for future legal protections, David Sedaris tells tales from his new book Happy-Go-Lucky, philosopher Emily Thomas ruminates on our post-pandemic desire to travel, and writers Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson share their pandemic letters. Tell us what you think of our podcast by filling out this short survey: https://www.cbc.ca/1.6498021.

Annemarie Johnson is a national presenter, staff developer, and literacy coach. In addition to supporting K-8 literacy teachers in public and private schools across the U.S., she also works as a seminar instructor for the Bureau of Education and Research (BER). She also served as a trainer for Lucy Calkins at Columbia University's Teachers College Reading and Writing Project for 7 years, an adjunct instructor for Ashland University (Ohio) for 6 years, and as an elementary classroom teacher and literacy leader in urban and suburban schools for 15 years. She holds a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Grove City College and a master's in Reading Supervision from the University of Akron. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Annemarie Johnson: Website: www.teacher2teacherhelp.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teacher2teacherhelp/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarie-johnson-831a341b0/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Teacher2Teacher-Help-107840479248082/

In today's episode, Jessica shares the model text that changed the way she taught narratives. She discusses her experience using the short story, Up North at the Cabin, to help her students structure their own narratives and hone their figurative language and transition writing skills. Jessica even shares her favorite way to publish students; finished narratives and guess what? It's online-friendly, too! Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/North-Cabin-Marsha-Wilson-Chall/dp/0688097324 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative-Language-Cheat-Sheet-2146679 Are you enjoying the podcast? Tag us @ebacademics and let us know which episode you're listening to! Make sure to Subscribe and leave us a Review! Your review helps us reach even more middle school ELA teachers just like you! It would mean so much to us. To leave a review in iTunes, click HERE and scroll down to Rating and Reviews. Click on "Write a Review" and let us know how this podcast is helping you in your ELA classroom! Other episodes you might enjoy: Constructive Criticism: How to Change Your Mindset and Be Open to Feedback Mini Literary Analysis Writing PD: Hooking Your Students

TUNE IN TO LEARN:After all I've learned from neuroscience research and after more than a decade working from home as a digital nomad here's how I set up my writing space now. Lots of details are flexible but attention management is a MUST!BONUS Q&A: Ramadan eating or one meal a day and meals and food order to optimize digestion.My Free Brain Performance Course (1800 students in 114 countries!)"Cancel Brain Fog to Prime Deep Focus, Productivity and Flow"Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST,  BRAIN PERFORMANCE COACHNutrition + Neuroscience + Behavior ChangeI help you use nutrition as a tool to unlock your brain genius and unlimited energy level

Mother and Pom discussing more about our universe of characters. Sugar Coated Murder featured in today's episode! The Birdseed Ring Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KFnveJ6qCHraaIcY8vccj --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Part one of Mother and Pom discussing their literary universe, character development, plot points, and future plans! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Leah and Bry talk about letting go. When is it time to let go of a project you love? How do you know it's time to put a piece of writing you love in your vault of scripts. Let's discuss! Find us on the socials:Podcast twitter: @ScriptedPod Leah: @leah_lame  Bry: @Bry_larreaWhat we're watching: LuLaRich on Amazon PrimeVanderpump Rules on Hulu Scripted From The Bottom is produced by James Bradshaw at Next Day PodcastWe would love to hear from you! If you have questions, corrections, or personal feedback, please shoot us an email. Every review and subscription matters - so make sure to subscribe! We really appreciate it!

With encouraging anecdotes, stories from school and home, and deeply practical wisdom, this episode with Sarah Scheldt will nourish you.  Instead of "How are you doing?" Sarah asks the question "How are you being?"  Sarah shares insights on how to live in full presence while gracefully acknowledging vulnerability and failure.  As a coach and teacher, she supports families in setting up their own family brand incorporating compassion and emotional resilience.  Her unconditional positive regard is borne from struggle, compassion and a commitment to moving through challenges bravely; this episode will imbue your life with those qualities.Sarah Scheldt M.Ed,  is a Brooklyn-based educator and certified coach who works with parents and teachers across the country to support the academic, behavioral, social and emotional development of their children and students. Sarah has been trained in Social Thinking, a program dedicated to teaching essential life skills, including social-emotional learning and self-regulation across all settings. She has also worked as a staff developer  with the Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University, making her well versed in helping parents and teachers create literacy rich learning environments. As a former competitive gymnast, Sarah believes in the power of having a growth mindset, creating a vision for the life you want, living with passion, and finding joy in each day.  Contact her at info@sarahscheldt.com.  Sarah's Summits, Empower your Parenting & Kids Healthy Bodies can be found here.Lindsay Miller, host of the Stress Nanny Podcast coaches women and children on how to use mindfulness to thrive in stressful situations.  Having navigated infertility, anxiety, loss, and autoimmune issues, Lindsay uses decades of life experience and a variety of certifications, to help clients uncover their strengths, develop healthy habits, and improve their self-talk.  By re-framing everyday challenges as opportunities for growth, Lindsay unlocks the potential in any situation and inspires clients to live life on purpose.  You can learn more about Lindsay's courses on her website. 

This episode explores the most recent collaboration between the National Park Service and the Nebraska Writing Project: a planned river float for area high school students to allow them to experience the Niobrara River in a way they may not have before.

Guest Bio: Rosie Reid has been teaching English and English Language Development for 19 years. She was named 2019 California Teacher of the Year and received a 2020 Teaching Tolerance Excellence in Teaching award for her work promoting equity in and outside the classroom. Whether she is teaching ELD, grade level English, or IB English, social justice is at the heart of her lessons. Her experience as a mom of a multiracial family with a range of sexualities and academic abilities and affinities has heightened her awareness of issues of equity and justice. About This Episode: Walk with California's 2019 Teacher of the Year and a 2020 recipient of Teaching Tolerance's Excellence in Teaching Award. Find out where in the educational setting that the magic really happens, the joys teaching about social justice, the Writing Project and lessons learned from being a mom of six very different children. To learn More: Visit www.stillstacey.com for questions about this podcast, the host or scheduling inquiries. To learn more Rosie, follow her on Twitter (@msreidenglish). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stacey-mcadoo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stacey-mcadoo/support

Daniel "Dan" Blanchard the Bestselling and Award-Winning, Author, Speaker, and Educator. TV Host. Two-time Junior Olympian Wrestler and two-time Junior Olympian Wrestling Coach who grew up as a student-athlete. However, Dan admits that as a youth he was more of an athlete than a student. Dan has now successfully completed fourteen years of college and has earned seven degrees. He teaches Special Education and Social Studies in Connecticut's largest inner-city high school where he was chosen by the AFT-CT as the face and voice of educational reform and is now on the speaking circuit for them. Dan was with the team that put forth Connecticut's new Social Studies Frameworks and is also a member of the Special Education Advisory Board to the Connecticut State Department of Education. In addition, Dan is a Teacher Consultant for the University of Connecticut's Writing Project. Dan is a double veteran of the Army and the Air Force. And there is now a play being written about his life. Social Media Handles: Website: http://granddaddyssecrets.com/ Facebook: @dan007blanchard Twitter @dan007blanchard  

[Ep 227] Have you ever written a blog post and found it's growing too big and unwieldy? Or you set out to develop a book only to realize you don't have enough material to fill a 45K- or 50K-word manuscript?  If so, you're struggling with Goldilocks Syndrome: your idea is too big or too small for the project's purpose and the way it'll be published or shared with the world. You're trying to cram everything you know about, say, computers into 800 to 1,000 words. You've got the makings of a book when you set out to write a blog post. How do you narrow it to a reasonable length? Or you're trying to stretch the idea of cooking with crackers into a book-length project, but it's not enough material. How do you broaden the concept to produce a compelling cookbook? What does it take to land on that just right length for your next writing project?  The 6 Right-Sizing Methods Test these six methods for narrowing—or broadening—your next writing idea and you'll land on the perfect length, approach, and slant to suit this project's audience, purpose, and medium. In the process, you'll gain clarity and solidify your ideas.   The six different methods to right-size your projects are: TimeLocationCategoriesAudienceIssueStructure Let me describe each one, starting with time. When does it mean to right-size your project using time? 1. Time You can use time to focus on decades, a stage of life, or an era. For example, depending on your topic, you might limit your idea to focus only on the 1950s, only early childhood, or only on the Middle Ages.  If you're writing a memoir, you'll limit the scope of your book to a specific time in your life in which you experienced struggle and transformation. If you're writing about plants, you could focus on the planting stage.  If you need to broaden your idea because it's too narrow, you can simply expand from the 1950s to the first half of the 20th century or from early childhood to Kindergarten through sixth grade. 2. Location Location is another way to land on the right size for your project. You could focus on geography, meaning anything from a continent or country all the way down to a city landmark, neighborhood, or business.  But you could think of location on an object or a space. The gardener may want to write about an area of the garden or the location on a specific plant, such as the roots or petals. If you're writing about flight, you could focus on small airports in a given state or areas within a specific airport. 3. Categories We can also use categories to think through an idea we find to be too big and broad or too small and narrow. Find some commonalities and group those things that are similar. If you're the garden blogger, you could focus on one category—vegetables—instead of flowers, trees, or groundcover. Dial down even more by categorizing nightshades or spring vegetables or weeds. The blogger who writes about planes can narrow to categories such as biplanes, jets, or airliners. By focusing on a small category, you easily narrow your idea. And then you can broaden by including multiple categories. 4. Audience First-time authors often want to write a book for everyone in the whole world. That's not realistic. The first step in right-sizing will be to narrow your audience. For a specific project, you could narrow even further, selecting a sub-group within your target audience. Maybe you write for parents, so to narrow the topic you outline an idea for parents of preschoolers or parents of teens.  So you can use a subgroup of your broader group to narrow. Including more types of people in your audience will broaden the idea and inform how you write it. 5. Issue Many topics have issues baked into them: gun control, parenting philosophies, technology use. Writers may take one side or another on these topics to automatically right-size their idea. Addressing only one issue related to their ide...

  Organization is a challenge for writers. You may have strong ideas, feel confident with grammar, and write in a fun style. But putting it all together in a structure that makes sense? That can be hard. There's no one perfect way to structure most projects. You have options. Some people find this liberating. They enjoy exploring countless options and settle naturally into an order that makes sense for their content. Other writers find this overwhelming. They'd like to be told, "If you're writing THIS, you always use THAT structure." Without structure, those writers get stuck. Structure Brings Order and Clarity In fact, I've met with writers who have been stuck for weeks, months...occasionally for years. All because they didn't know how to structure their project. Without structure, they didn't know how to order and organize their ideas, so writing itself felt confusing. They simply shoved it aside, unclear what to do next. Structure brings order and clarity to the writer. And structure brings order and clarity to the reader. Structure for Poets Some writing offers built-in structure. If you're a poet, for example, you can turn to form poetry to find structure built into the assignment. So many kinds of poems follow a form or a pattern, like a sestina, sonnet, and a rondelet. They each come with rules, rhythms, and rhyme schemes. While challenging, these limits offer structure that a poet who works in free verse lacks. Structure for Novelists Novelists can turn to structure that works well for fiction, such as the hero's journey. The author doesn't have to include the obligatory scenes, but many genres work well when the author hits those beats, moments, or scenes a reader has come to expect. Structure for Nonfiction Writers Nonfiction writers may face the blank page with no idea where to start. Or they spit out their ideas with no clue how to arrange them to create an order that flows well for the reader. Writers who compose essays, articles, books know they have a problem to solve: they need structure. And they may struggle with structure due to lack of resources. Maybe no one has pointed out to them structure options. Or maybe they struggle to remain objective with their own material to see how it would best flow. They may have tried methods they've learned over the years and those have gotten them only so far. Mind Maps Don't Automatically Lead to Structure For instance, maybe they tried a mind map. And that helped them spit out the main ideas they want to cover in their book. But all those circles spread out like a web on the paper don't themselves reveal a solid structure—they just reveal a number of possible starting points and all their subpoints. So the mind map may have served to pull out of the writer content ideas, but the map itself didn't result in a clear structure. Traditional Outlines Don't Automatically Lead to Structure The writer of nonfiction may have reverted to the I, II, III, and A, B, C format they remembered from their youth, with those Roman numerals leading the eye down the page with indented A, B, C items underneath. Under those lines came the numbers 1, 2, 3, then lowercase a, b, c, followed by the little “i's” with one “i” then two “ii's” and “iii's” that created those miniature Roman numerals, leading up to “iv's” and “v's.” The poor writer may spend more time fretting over those little “i's” than they do crafting content. So knowing how to type up a list with Roman numerals again doesn't in and of itself reveal a structure. Even organized, sequential-types who love to line up papers and numbers and files and books on shelves can create a perfectly reasonable classic outline, yet find themselves unsure if that's formed an effective structure for their writing project. Try Ready-Made Outlines to Structure Your Next Project How can writers who struggle to organize their ideas find a structure that works?