Today’s article is written by regular contributor Sarah Baughman. “Ugh, Mrs. B.!” my student groaned, rolling his eyes. “Why can’t this author just say what he actually means?!” We were reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and my student wasn’t the only one in the class who seemed weary of reading about pythons that were really hoses, symphony conductors that were
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Today’s post is written by regular contributor Susan Bearman. Like third graders writing a report, beginning writers tend to believe that writing a first draft means their work is done. While completing the first draft of a manuscript, whether a short story or a full novel, is a huge accomplishment, writers are never “done”. There’s
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