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Writing

Posted on February 26, 2017 by rachelsparling

Today I’m working on a writing lesson plan for an ESL class. The first activity I chose for it is called Free Writing. The idea is that for a predetermined amount of the time, the students write about a specific … Continue reading →

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Day 30 NanoWriMo 2016

Posted on November 30, 2016 by rachelsparling

It’s the last day and it’s official! I reached 50,000 words! I actually went over 50,000 words but regardless, I made it to the goal. So now that I’ve accomplished this, I plan to try to stay on top of … Continue reading →

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Day 25 NanoWriMo 2016

Posted on November 25, 2016 by rachelsparling

We are nearing the end of November and I’m still on track! Considering I lost a few days where I wasn’t able to write, I’m quite impressed with myself that I’m still on top of this and that if I … Continue reading →

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Day 20 NanoWriMo 2016

Posted on November 20, 2016 by rachelsparling

All right book 2’s rough draft is officially done! I just finished it with 30,300 words and I still only have 10 left to write 19,700 words which is a lot. I’m behind it’s true, but I’ll get caught up. … Continue reading →

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Day 11 NaNoWriMo 2016

Posted on November 11, 2016 by rachelsparling

I haven’t posted in a little while and I have been writing, however the last two days I didn’t. The scenes that I did write came along quite well. There was part of one scene in particular that I actually … Continue reading →

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Day 6 NaNoWriMo 2016

Posted on November 6, 2016 by rachelsparling

I might have forgotten to update a couple days, but oh well. Here I am updating once more. I have passed the 10,000 word mark and am nearly at 15,000 words. I have also started the rising action reaching the … Continue reading →

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Day 3 NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 3, 2016 by rachelsparling

So todays writing took a different turn. Today I did it while watching a show with my mom and after writing the rough draft of an assignment. Needless to say, I think my brain might be a bit fried and … Continue reading →

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Day 2 NaNoWriMo 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016 by rachelsparling

It’s day 2 and I wrote! Okay so I wrote another chunk today and it really does feel good to be back at it. A part of me thinks I might actually be able to stay on top of this … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo 2016 Day 1

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rachelsparling

Well it’s the first day and I wrote! So I continued book 2 as per my plan. I realized I needed a connecting part between two chapters so I wrote the part for that, and then completed another chapter. Between … Continue reading →

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My Long Standing Missing Status

Posted on October 23, 2016 by rachelsparling

Okay so that is really not indicative of anything. I think that title needs work but we’ll ignore and I’ll just plow through this post. I have not been back at writing for some time though I do quite need … Continue reading →

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