Write short fiction on Twitter with #25wordstory format
Write short fiction on Twitter with #25wordstory format
Early Morning Pages
When I was 27 I decided to start writing fiction. I took a non-credit class at the SFU downtown campus which had a class called The Fiction Series for the Weekend Student. I started my first draft of my first novel from a photo writing exercise. Time goes on and on and on and like […]
Using TRU Writer for a Portfolio for Published Work
In a bit of a self test, I am using the TRU Writer SPLOT tool to build a collection of papers I have published: This is a little different from […]
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Back in the saddle, a new year
Well HELLO 2015 and a new year! It’s been a while since I’ve added anything to this blog. It’s not that my reading and research have been on hiatus, it’s more that things have become rather messy as the notes and papers have compiled and I was daunted at getting that heap of words and theories and the growing, increasingly tangled […]
Back?
I awoke about half an hour ago with the realisation that it has been many days since the learning coach recorded any thoughts about what is happening in the world of coaching students to become better writers and to ‘find their voice’ in the social media world(s). Somehow the day-to-day grind of class prep, advising, grading, and the other minutiae of teaching crowd out the discipline of writing for me. I don’t want it to happen, but it is insidious and merciless against my forming a habit of writing.
So here I am in the middle of the night to get some writing done before I go back to sleep. Tomorrow I hope to inspire students to finish their courses well, to establish themselves in the social media world(s), and in some way, to make a difference that they are alive today. There are the easy ones, those who already ‘get it’ regarding social activism before I even begin to talk through the opportunities available in our world. There are never quite enough of them, but they brighten up my day and put a spring into my step. But how will I reach those who are still more interested in what the world offers in terms of their own pleasure and entertainment? Can I entertain them enough to pull them into more serious matters, considerations, and reflections?
That’s all I can contribute for the present. I hope that I will come back daily, despite the end-of-term pressures that are mounting and despite the natural tendency I have to take in rather than give back. Time will tell.