Slice of life story ideas

As I mentioned in my post last week, my students’ first day of school writing surveys revealed a strong aversion to writing and a sense of “I have nothing to really write about.” So, we have spent…

These short narratives celebrate the ordinary One result of a three-month summer break? Students out of practice with writing, especially creative writing. To remedy that last week, I decided to in…

Every Tuesday, the writing community of Two Writing Teachers hosts Slice of Life. All are welcome to participate by linking up posts or commenting on other participants. Over the next few weeks, I am taking on the challenge of creating parent-friendly bulletin boards at schools in an effort to involve care-givers with students' writing lives. While I am envisioning articles about workshop practices, I also want to have cards people can take that describe games and activities they can do with…

WAS THIS WRITTEN ABOUT TWO OF MY CHARACTERS BECAUSE I THIBK IT WAS OMG.

Skillshare is a learning community for creators. Anyone can take an online class, watch video lessons, create projects, and even teach a class themselves.

Hello, readers! It’s October…time for me to make my annual pitch for writing teachers everywhere to try the year round Slice of Life Project…

How to write memoir depends on how you want to represent true life events. Memoirs, like fiction, need hooks; immersive showing. Learn more.

Welcome to the SLICE OF LIFE Information Page. If I dismiss the ordinary — waiting for the special, the extreme, the extraordinary to happen — I may just miss my life. –Dani Shapiro in Still …