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Instructional Exercises
Writing About Loved Ones We Have Died
2010-09-02
by Sheila Bender
Write a poem before you know it
2010-04-22
by Sheila Bender, Raul Gallardo
Giving Attention to Sentence Construction and to Locution
2010-04-01
by Sheila Bender
A Review of Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, and Rhyme
2010-03-25
by Sheila Bender
More Lessons from the Pros on Repetition
2010-03-18
by Sheila Bender
Using Repetition to Create Music
2010-03-11
by Sheila Bender
Setting the Tone of Your Story
2010-03-04
by Sheila Bender
Working on Subplots
2010-02-25
by Sheila Bender
Building Scenes
2010-02-17
by Sheila Bender
Writing Good Dialog
2010-02-11
by Sheila Bender
On Building Strong Characters
2010-02-04
by Sheila Bender
On Point of View
2010-01-28
by Sheila Bender
On Plot
2010-01-21
by Sheila Bender
Beginning to Explore Your Protagonist
2010-01-14
by Sheila Bender
Exploring Premise and Timeline
2010-01-07
by Sheila Bender
An Exercise Based on Betsy Howell's Acoustic Shadows
2009-10-29
by Sheila Bender
The Letter You Wanted to Receive (or to Write)
2009-01-22
by Sheila Bender
Just Say NO to Not Writing!
2009-01-15
by Sheila Bender
Inspiration From The Writer's Journal: 40 Writers and Their Journals
2008-12-11
by Sheila Bender
Put Them Together Into Compelling Writing
2008-08-07
by Sheila Bender
Saying A Lot in a Short Space
2008-07-31
by Sheila Bender
Mixing the Everyday with the Imagination on Fire
2008-04-24
by Susan Rich
We learn about ourselves when we see where we are from
2008-04-10
by Meg Files
Writing Ideas and Prompts for Sparking Poems and Image Packed Passages
2008-04-03
by Sheila Bender
How to bring your work to life
2008-03-13
by Jack Heffron
Applying What the Pros Do Even if You Are Not Far from Home
2008-01-17
by Sheila Bender
From Lake Superior State University
2008-01-03
by Sheila Bender
And listing is a technique useful for writers
2007-12-13
by Sheila Bender
The strategy of seeing a whole, observing its parts
2007-12-06
by Jody Bower, Sheila Bender
Inspiration from Brenda Miller's Use of a Writing Prompt
2007-11-29
by Brenda Miller, Sheila Bender
Finding Your Singular World
2007-10-18
by Sheila Bender
Seven Journaling Exercises Inspired by the Fall Season and Thoreau
2007-10-11
by Sheila Bender
Have fun and get over the fear you are not up to the task
2007-10-04
by Sheila Bender
Prompts for Writing the Emergent
2007-06-21
by Sheila Bender
Phrases to find and articulate the meaning in your experience
2007-05-09
by Sheila Bender
An instructional exercise based on three essays by Brenda Miller
2006-10-05
by Sheila Bender
Let yourself write without knowing where you're going
2006-08-31
by Sheila Bender
Three Easy Exercises that Work
2006-08-24
by Sheila Bender
A human tendency you can harness for good writing topics
2006-02-20
by Sheila Bender
Journaling with a Poet's Strategy
2005-11-10
by Sheila Bender
Journaling on the holidays: rituals and memories
2005-10-20
by Sheila Bender
With Excerpts from recent books by Beverly Donofrio and Kaylie Jones
2005-09-22
by Sheila Bender
Follow the examples of pros to discover this rich form
2005-06-23
by Sheila Bender
Journaling with a Poet's Strategy
2005-06-09
by Sheila Bender
Three Steps to Creating a Journal for Helping Kids Grow and Bond and Enjoy the Skills of Reading and Writing
2005-05-26
by Sheila Bender
Help Yourself to as Much as You Like
2005-05-05
by Sheila Bender
Turn Your Irritation with Bad News Reporting into Essay Writing Occasions
2005-02-18
by Sheila Bender
21 Ideas to Keep You Writing
2005-02-04
by Sheila Bender
Sheila's instructional responses to the writing of three subscribers
2004-11-04
by Sheila Bender, Linda Krisch, JoEllen Moldoff, Beth Einstein
What to do once you have summer on the page
2004-10-28
by Sheila Bender, Carole Sabo, Lauren Smith
Poetry created by three traveling over the terrain of the heart
2004-10-14
by Sheila Bender, Jackie Sedwick, Maria D. Laso, Taylor Collins
An Idea Based on Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2004-08-19
by Sheila Bender
Ray Bradbuy’s Dandelion Wine can help you
2004-07-08
by Sheila Bender
Let Dylan Thomas Be Your Guide
2004-06-17
by Sheila Bender
Use the 3 Days and 3 Nights Exercise to Write About Your Mother
2004-04-22
by Sheila Bender
The Poet's Stance Will Help You Write Lyrically and Think Things Through
2004-04-08
by Sheila Bender
A Lesson from Daughter’s Keeper by Ayelet Waldman
2004-02-19
by Sheila Bender
Help for using the sky as inspiration in your writing
2004-01-21
by Sheila Bender
Use the story "Guy de Maupassant" by Isaac Babel for an essay writing strategy
2003-12-11
by Sheila Bender
Details, specifics, similes and dialog help in the economical development of character
2003-11-27
by David Beckman, Sheila Bender
Generate material from a place of "not knowing," and you will find a gold mine of ideas
2003-10-30
by Sheila Bender
Write an essay to weave place, action, and conversation into a surprise insight
2003-09-11
by Sheila Bender
Compelling results from previous Writing It Real Exercises
2003-08-21
by Sheila Bender
You can discover new writing ideas and personal philosophies by playing with word definitions and etymologies.
2003-07-31
by Sheila Bender
This month, take time to write a poem or two about your father. The discoveries your writing makes will awaken your feelings and help you truly celebrate
2003-06-12
by Sheila Bender
What to do when the great idea that sent you racing to the notepad in the middle of the night lies on the page, a ghost of what you hoped it would be
2003-05-08
by Jack Heffron, Sheila Bender
According to beloved Los Angeles teacher, writer, editor and actor Jack Grapes, there are seven elements writers use to create "image/moment" and hold readers' interest.
2003-04-24
by Sheila Bender, Jack Grapes
Changes in the poem's weather signal a poem's discovery, insight, or resolution.
2003-03-05
by Sheila Bender
Ask not what writers have left for you to say about love, but how you can use their strategies to benefit your own writing.
2003-02-06
by Sheila Bender
Learn from the Greats--whether you have an in justice to write about or want to explore your passion for something that frustrates you, using anaphora is a powerful writing tool.
2003-01-23
by Sheila Bender
Take the poet Rilke at his word and you will surprise yourself with what you create
2003-01-16
by Sheila Bender
Quotes can help you build a matrix for your experience
2002-11-21
by Sheila Bender
Organizing Experience Through the Lens of Randomly Chosen Words
2002-10-03
by Sheila Bender
An African Metaphor Game
2002-09-15
by Sheila Bender
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