Inspiring Your Students...and Yourself

It's a common request that I hear from teachers: Can you speak to my students about what it takes to be a writer? I think what teachers are seeing, in a variety of forms, is a student's natural tendency to shrink away from any attempt to write. Students get frustrated by the daunting task of creating, looking upon it as something they can't do. They're intimidated, and educators know that the first step in creating a young writer is overcoming that fear.

This will take you to an article that I've posted for young people. It's in the Extra! Extra! category on the student side of this web site. It's titled "Two Pages," and it hopefully will help a few of your students look at writing and creating in a new light.

For that matter, it's entirely possible that you'll find elements of the article that you can apply to your own life. Bonus!

I would recommend printing copies of the article for each of your students, and asking for their feedback. Plus, I'd appreciate your own feedback, too. As always, thanks for visiting The Big Brain Club.

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