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BEFORE YOU WRITE
Janie Lynn Panagopoulos

The general “rule of thumb” for writing a story is that pre-writing is non-negotiable, in other words, you have to know what you are going to write before you sit down and start to compose.

Before you begin, try this writer’s trick. This will help you narrow your focus and make sure you are really ready to write. Sit down and write a paragraph that gives you the summary of your story. What is your story really about?

If you can’t do this, yet, you need… Continue

B.I.C. - The First Writing Rule

Many writers are talented, many writers have lots to write about, many writers are committed to their craft, many writers struggle and suffer to prepare to write, but all successful writers know the first rule of writing. Do you?

You can do all the research. You can learn all the right verbs and nouns, but if you don’t know the first rule, it will do you no good.

The first rule of writing is not a secret, actually, it is painfully obvious and every succe… Continue

I don't know your personal politics, but regardless, we can all agree that we could be doing more to conserve energy and to make the world a better place. Here's something that everyone can do:

March 29, 2008. 8:00 pm. Mark your calendar and turn off your lights, computers, tvs, everything, for just one hour.

How much of a difference do you think one hour can make?

Let's find out.

(If you haven't heard about this, visit: http://www.earthhour.org/about)

OK... I am a newbie at this... Can anyone explain to me "Social Network?" I went to set it up and realized I really didn't understand what it was all about. Thanks for your help. JLP

For the last few months I have been keeping public blogs and using them as writing workshops. I don't know if any of you are interested, if you are, I will start posting my writing articles here.

I think technology is a wonderful addition to the educational world and am glad to be a part of it.