by Jane Parris | May 5, 2019 | Brainstorming, College Essay, Essay Writing, Personal Essay, Personal Narrative, Writing Skills
Searching for just the right story for your college essay? A friend recently gave me a neat little book called 642 Tiny Things to Write About, from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. It’s packed with “tiny” ideas like this one: Write your life story...
by Jane Parris | Aug 17, 2017 | Teaching, Writing Skills
This is one of my all-time favorite quickie writing lessons, from the great English teacher Fred Tremallo. It’s a super-simple trick to enhance your descriptive writing, and it consists of just two sentences: Harry was tall. Harry ducked through the...
