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Blog Post #8: Writing With Intention

“The best chance you have of making your notebook work for you is to let it reflect your personal style.” (Fletcher 132) This feels like a bittersweet moment for me. The concluding chapter of Ralph Fletchers’, ‘A Writers’ Notebook’ leaves me with a lot of room for reflection. Throughout reading this, we have covered many…

What Inspires You?

“I’ve learned that if I am going to write well, I need to surround myself with the beautiful writing of others” (Fletcher 108) Over time, my taste in reading has changed dramatically. As a young girl, I loved diving into the fantasy genre of fiction books, which often inspired me to write adventure stories with…

Blog post #6: Brutal Honesty

“But being honest with yourself isn’t easy. It takes practice to say exactly what you think and feel. And it takes courage-a willingness to face up to hard truths.” (Fletcher 98) In this weeks’ reading, Fletcher proposes the idea of using your writer’s notebook as a personal journal, or diary. As someone who has gone…

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