Bookmarkable Wednesday

Bookmarkable Wednesday: Resources for writers and other creatives It’s mid-week and time to pass along some good reads that have come my way recently. Distracted much? Creativity as a pathway to learning. Just in time to share with my Creative Thinking students, Scott Barry Kaufman offers insight into “The Creative Gifts of ADHD“: “To be sure, ADHD can …

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My NaNoWriMo Lesson: Tinkering Is Not Writing

A lot has happened since I last posted here: I finished NaNoWriMo (yes, this year, I did it!). Now I need to look over and begin revising the very messy, incomplete draft birthed in November. The term at the college where I teach ended just before Thanksgiving, which means I graded papers and exams and …

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Giving Up Facebook for NaNoWriMo

I have a confession to make. I’ve been a member of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for nearly seven years, and I haven’t completed the challenge once. Not once. In fact, I don’t think I ever got past a couple of thousand words. Click on the image below for the sad, big picture. That’s not …

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