Presentation: Maryland Writing Project Write-To-Learn
This morning, I led a workshop on metacognition and daybooking. If you attended this morning’s workshop or are interested in learning more about this, you can download my Powerpoint presentation here. Feel free to email me with any questions at all. MWP MetaJournals
Is Brevity Replacing A Writer’s Sensibility?
Writers are being forced to think too much these days (I think), and they are facing a danger that is both very real and damaging to the relationship between reader and writer. Because of the changes in how we spend our time reading stories, not to mention how we read them in the first place, [...]
We Are Writing More Than Ever, Or Are We?
On the surface, I should be really excited about this ever-evolving global explosion with writing. In fact, the statistics are nothing short of staggering. In February 2011, The Nielsen Company documented over 156 million public blogs in existence. In 2009, 1.5 trillion text messages were sent or were received (dhtech.com). According to Facebook’s statistics page (accessed [...]
Stay in the stream?
Distractions, distractions, distractions…. I am guilty of inviting them, these distractions. I interact with Facebook friends on an hourly basis at times, especially when I am engaged in a rather exciting experience. Earlier this week, My wife and I took our two younger children for a Light Rail tour of Baltimore, stopping on three of [...]
2011/365/058: Write Anything
Today marks my first post on Write Anything, an international website by writers, for writers helping people from all over the world and of all ages to, well, write anything. I’m honored to be a contributing writer, and I’ll be encouraging writers of all ability and experience levels to delve into the genre of creative [...]
Gaining Experiences
My friend recently returned from a trip to the west coast. Business carried him there, but his real mission was to gain the experience of driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, reflect a bit on his life, ponder the passing of his father just a few months ago, and work on a longer piece of [...]
Don’t Teach Me; Thrill Me
One of the things that divides me as a writer (hence, the title of this blog) is how much–if at all–I “teach” my readers any valuable lessons. Much of my past writing in this blog has been didactic in nature, asking you semi-philosophic questions about how we live our lives. The response has been great, [...]
SOMIRAC Presentation: Metajournaling
Greetings, all (especially those who joined us today in Hunt Valley for the SOMIRAC Conference!): Here is a copy of my presentation at the SOMIRAC conference. Please feel free to email me with any questions about the concepts and applications of metajournaling. SOMIRAC MetaJournals
Productive Day
I feel….well, I feel like I have a connection with you, Constant e-Reader. And so I just wanted to let you know that I had a productive day today. I am back on Twitter and establishing some good correspondence with other writers, and I spent a great deal of time researching the realities of publishing. [...]
Metacognitive Journaling
Presentation at Towson University Saturday morning….Here’s the Powerpoint for attendees (and others!) :) MWP MetaJournals
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