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Multimodal Writing: A Technology Literacy Narrative
What is multimodal writing? Multimodal writing is writing that involves many different modes, whether that means text, visuals, video, audio, etc. Selfe says that “multimodal” itself means “exceeding the alphabetic and may include images, animations, color, words, music, and sound” … Continue reading
Obvious Child, 12:17 am
**OBVIOUS CHILD SPOILER ALERT** It is 12:17 am on a Monday night (I guess a Tuesday morning?) and there are a lot of things I could be doing. I could be sleeping, for one. I probably should be sleeping, to … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Movies/TV
Tagged feminism, Jenny Slate, Obvious Child, writing
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25 Things I Learned as an Intern at William Clark Associates Literary Agency
The Great Unwashed. Click through slideshow. For those who are just joining us, I’ve wanted to be a children’s book editor since I was 7 years old. (At this point I almost feel like it’s my mantra, my go-to, the … Continue reading
My Bright Place
The summer of 2014 was an extremely… important and defining summer for me. It was the summer I interned at Random House in their children’s division, for one thing. It was the summer I fully realized that book publishing and being … Continue reading
25 Things I Learned as a Teaching/Editorial Intern at Writopia— As a Writer, a Teacher and in General
This summer I had the privilege of working at Writopia, a non-profit that runs writing workshops for kids ages 6 to 18, in Katonah/Hartsdale, New York, and I wrote a list summarizing what I learned there. I was a teaching and editorial intern– … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Things I've Learned in College
Tagged creative writing, editing, teaching, workshopping, writing, Writopia
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Amanda Remembers Why She Loves to Read
For a long time, I forgot how much I loved to read. Reading is supposed to be… recreational. It’s fun. It’s an escape. You can relax, disappear into other people’s stories, and learn about things you didn’t know before. I … Continue reading
Listen Children to a Story…
This summer, as a part of my internship, I advise and help teach kids creative writing. This summer has been one of the best summers of my life, not only because I’ve been able to get back to my writing roots, … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Things I've Learned in College
Tagged children's education, confidence, creative writing, parenting, teaching, workshop, writing
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Creative Writing Exercise II: Dixit
I was able to assist teaching my second writing workshop today at my internship, and it was so much fun. I’m in a workshop with two nine-year-olds from New York City. One of them loves to write fiction, and another one … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging 101, Creative Writing
Tagged blogging101, card games, creative writing, dixit, writing
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An Explanation.
Hi! I’m back. I haven’t posted on WordPress in about 2 weeks, and this is my explanation blog post as to why. (I hate doing this because I hate excuses and this seems like an excuse post. I’m going to … Continue reading
Blogging 101 Day Nine: Get Inspired by the Neighbors– The Harry Potter Tag
Today’s assignment: write a post that builds on one of the comments you left yesterday. Don’t forget to link to the other blog! I’m going to be doing this post a little differently, considering that I’m a couple of days behind on … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging101, books, Harry Potter, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, Harry Potter Tag, J.K. Rowling, reading, writing
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Amanda Under Construction 