Writing Skills for Children - Better Story Starters Posted By : Jen McVeity

Do your kids write stories that start too slowly, with little room for the adventure? Here's how to overcome this problem. Learn how authors 'cheat' to keep the story moving. Great for the home school curriculum and for gifted students. Also free story starters worksheet and free parent newsletter.

Story Writing with your Child - How to Speed Up Learning Using Chunking Posted By : Jen McVeity

Home school or mainstream, gifted or not, kids all make similar writing errors over and over again. Breaking the complex process of writing into chunks makes helping kids with their writing more effective - and far more fun too. Here are two chunks for you to try for suspenseful writing and showing character. Then follow the link for a free story starters worksheet and parent newsletter.

Improving Children's Writing - How to Comment on their Story and Still Be Friends Posted By : Jen McVeity

Not sure what to say when your child asks you to read their story? Afraid you'll hurt their feelings or make them angry? Here are some constructive tips so you can work together to improve their writing. Useful for the home school curriculum, gifted students and anyone who wants to make writing easier. With a free Parent Newsletter full of useful writing tips and fun exercises.

Tips On Writing A Memoir Posted By : Trevor Johnson

So you've decided that history (or at least your friends and family) need to read your memoir. Just how do you go about starting to write your memoirs? Start by deciding whether you are going to write about your whole life or just selected parts of it. In part, the decision will be made by how much you have experienced in your life and how old you are. Film stars and politicians often release more than one set of memoirs as their careers progress. Then move onto an outl...

Goal Setting is Important to Your Writing Success Posted By : Joan Clout-Kruse

The key to writing a book is: First believe, then commit, and finally put your whole heart and soul into it. Are you ready to begin? Do you have the passion? If you answered, "Yes," then you can write a book! Let's get started by using some goal setting techniques to get you going.