Converstations: Creative & Inventive, Christina Francine, Author Educator

Five Sources to Help First College Students’ Essays

First year college students need to know how to document their research. Whatever they have to say in their essay is strengthened with...

Creative Minds Are Rarely Tidy

When up to my neck in real work, like writing or planning for a writing class, I’m messy. At times I look up and notice papers; books;...

Interview with Lemon Drop Literary

*** Interview with Ellwyn Autumn at LEMON DROP LITERARY! is now live! Ellwyn asked me a few questions and begins with…. “Christina...

Special Guest at Drop Hammer – Buffalo State College

Sometimes amazing surprises happen. I read my upcoming picture book Special Memory with a release date of Sept. 15th, 2019, to Buffalo...

Song Analysis: The Power With and Without Music in Newman’s “I Think It’s Going to Rain”

I think power lies in this poem/song with and without music. However, the addition of music certainly strikes more emotion. Many...

Why Are So Many New College Graduates Such Bad Writers?

By Jeff Selingo I want to share Jeff’s article because it confirms what I’ve been finding for awhile and share with my students....

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword and Cursive Writing as Mighty as Technology

Years ago every school in the United States believed cursive writing played a key role in literacy. The idea of not teaching cursive...

First, second and third person writing

First, second and third person writing Work can be written in the first, second or third person. This is who is telling the story. First...

What is Structure?

DEFINITION: “The task or structure analysis is to formulate the underlying systems of convention which evaluate cultural objects to have...

What is Interpretation?

DEFINITION: “Reading, explicating, making sense: these are three names given to the activity of ‘interpretation’” (Lentricchia &...

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