![]() Since the essays in this book are structured around the writer, the process of writing, and the written artifacts themselves, there is something in the book to connect to every aspect of writing.Īt the end of each essay is an Activities section, providing an opportunity to interact with the concepts presented. Having been a classroom teacher for thirty-three years, I use a variety of approaches to teaching writing, including writing workshop, the writing process, 6 + 1 Traits writing, and the Common Core State Standards Initiative. The third was to use this book as a model for students as they engage in the project-based learning task of publishing their own anthology. Another was to create a sense of writing community in the classroom in order to promote a more authentic discussion of writing. One was to have a book to use in my high school classroom that fits my teaching style. This book was compiled for three reasons. ![]() Who Listened to Dragons, Three Stories (fantasy) CONTENTSĢ Privacy and the Inner Writer: The Man from PorlockĤ Writing Without Focus to Discover Ideasġ1 How Does a Fiction Writer Organize Writing?ġ3 Expand Your Vocabulary: An Easy, Effective Approachġ4 Sentence Fluency: The Flow of Consciousnessġ5 Mechanics & Grammar: How Rough Is the Road?ġ6 Presentation: The Final Step of Writingġ7 What to Learn from a Well-written, Effective E-mailġ9 Specific, Useful (and Positive) CommentsĢ0 What’s the Difference Between a Writer & a Publisher? Love Ya Like a Sister (young adult novel) They are referenced in this book to provide autobiographical and pedagogical accuracy. 6-Traits +1® is a registered trademark of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Transcendental Meditation®, TM®, and Consciousness-Based℠, are registered trademarks or service marks of the Maharishi Foundation. Thanks to Bob Stone for this book’s concept to Cynthia Cornell, Amy Labaugh, and Karen DeAngelis, beta readers and to Allen Cobb, as always, for technical assistance and support. Click "like" or "follow" to keep current with his writing adventures. The book may impress them, but the knowledge empowers them."įind Tom Kepler also on Facebook at Tom Kepler Writing/Wise Moon Books. I can hand them one of my published books, and I can also give them the knowledge of how they can publish their own writing. "There are two things I can pass to my students. His novels are a tougher task, though, and as he seeks publication in the traditional publishing world, he is also learning and using the new technologies to make his books available, not only to the general reading public but also to his students. He also publishes in online zines to establish himself as an author accepted by the gatekeepers of the industry. Tom "authenticated" his poetry by publishing in literary little magazines prior to publishing Bare Ruined Choirs via Wise Moon Books. ![]() "I've learned as much as a teacher as I've given my students. Having taught in the classroom for over thirty years, grades 7-12, his writing reflects much of what he has observed: young people raising themselves, struggling to make the right choices, helping one another, and usually finding a way to get through to the place and person they want to be. Besides publishing on paper, he is also focusing on publishing online, including poetry at Every Day Poets and flash fiction at Metazen, Every Day Fiction, and 365tomorrows. Tom has published three books, a fantasy novel, The Stone Dragon a young adult novel, Love Ya Like a Sister and a small book of poetry, Bare Ruined Choirs. These enterprises are chronicled on his blog at. Tom Kepler lives a minimum of three lives in one: his life as a writer, his life as a school teacher, and his life as a publisher of Wise Moon Books. One might say "As we are, so is our writing."Ī teacher for over thirty years, Tom Kepler draws from his unique knowledge and training both as a classroom teacher and as a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation program to write this series of essays about consciousness and the writing process. It is one that requires a certain knack that is an integration of skill and comprehensive thinking. It is one that demands dedication and humility and perseverance. Learning how to write is a life-long process. We have to expand the container of knowledge, the mind, and also develop our writing skills. "I write." We have to consider both words in that declaration. The third was to use as a model for students in the project-based learning task of publishing their own anthology. One was for the author to have a book to use in his high school classroom that fit his teaching style.Īnother was to create a sense of writing community in the classroom in order to promote a more authentic discussion of writing. Composed of articles from the author's writing blog, this book was compiled for three reasons.
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