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Teachable Moments

One of my goals as a young adult novelist is to subtly educate my readers.  In Between Shadow’s Eyes, the protagonist, Sarah, is constantly remembering or using vocabulary words, sometimes grumbling about her teacher.  I, myself, had an English teacher in seventh grade that opened the dictionary on the first day of class, and starting with the letter “a,” proceeded to quiz us on the words in the order they appeared.  We had to learn both spelling and all the definitions in groups of twenty.  I complained a lot about those tests that year, but I will forever be grateful to Mrs. Krumenacher for the depth of my vocabulary.

Filed Under: Editing, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: teaching, vocabulary, words

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Upcoming Event-2/13/21 Mount Diablo CWC

Jill: The End: Finding the Best Way to Wrap It All Up Penny Warner: Writing Dialogue 10 am 2/13/20 $5 CWC members; $10 nonmembers https://cwcmtdiablo.org/current-cwc-mt-diablo-meeting/: Whether it’s a chapter ending or the conclusion of a novel or memoir, endings matter. Not every chapter needs to end with a cliffhanger, but there should be a sense of […]

9/12/20 Speaker: Writing for a Cause – Zoom Writers Table – Mount Diablo California Writers Club

I will be speaking with the amazing Lucinda Jackson on 9/12 at the September Mount Diablo California Writers Club Zoom Meeting on the subject of Writing for a Cause. Join us and the featured speaker, Joan Gelfand, speaking on the 4Cs of Successful Writers. Registration required:  https://cwcmtdiablo.org/current-cwc-mt-diablo-meeting/: Registration Fee:$10  9:30 am Sign in and Breakout Rooms […]

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