Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Advice from a Slice #SOL21

 

A big thank you to all of those at Two Writing Teachers for creating and supporting this community of writers. 

Kelly Gallagher shared this image on Twitter the other day, and I thought it would be a great writing prompt for me and for students. So many perspectives from which to write.

Turns out, it was a great final slice.


Advice from a Slice

Find the ordinary.

Capture the small moment.

Look everywhere.

Keep a notebook.

Tell the story.

Write from the heart.

Warn your friends and family.

Silence the critic.

Tame the fear.

Just hit the publish button.

Celebrate.



16 comments:

  1. YES! Such great advice. I love it.

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  2. "warn your friends and family" - I think that is where I can get stuck in what I want to write. I don't want to hurt anybody.

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  3. Lovely idea and poem. I love "silence the critic" because that inner critic is always there.And I love "Just hit the publish button" because once you do that you're free. You've done it; don't look back. And yes, celebrate!

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  4. I love this! It's great advice from a slice and so encouraging. My favorite part is that you ended on the celebration. Thanks for sharing this.

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  5. I love this! I have a hanging that is advice from a volcano. I have wanted to do this with my students, as well. I feel that the lines "find the ordinary/capture the small moment" really encapsulates what participating in this challenge helped me to strengthen as a writer.

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  6. I LOVE THIS, Leigh Anne! That's it.

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  7. I love your list - Just hit the publish button! Love that one. I told myself I would be writing drafts and yet I found that I would read one more time, revise, read one more time, revise... yet slicing for a month draft or otherwise was great for my writing growth!

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  8. I love this! Simple words of wisdom. I found myself going back into my notebook so many times during this month. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't been notebooking for a while.

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  9. This is perfect. It captures so many good parts of writing. I wish you the best, Leigh Anne! (This is Marilyn Miner. For some reason, I can't comment from my WordPress blog on Blogspot. I guess I'll have to figure that out, someday. :)

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  10. This is so great! Such sage advice and a perfect wrap up to the month.

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  11. This is wonderful! Perfect writing prompt. Loved your "Advice from a Slice"! It was nice to be in a community with you again!

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  12. Great post! I will be saving this to use later.

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  13. This is great advice. Stories are all around us all we need to do is look for them.

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  14. Absolutely how to slice! I think I should keep a notebook, but I don't always, thanks for the reminder.

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  15. I love this! Letters are so powerful and this was a perfect end to the month (and would be great to republish next year at the start).

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  16. This is wonderful! What a perfect way to end (or begin!) the challenge.

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