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Writing for Reluctant Readers

December 12, 2012 by Jamie

Having worked with kids who have reading disabilities, I think a lot about the issues involved in writing for reluctant readers. But first, who are they, and how do they end up that way? –They often come from homes that have few or no books –They may have a learning disability that makes reading difficult –When they are young, they may not experience adults reading to them at home –They may have negative associations with reading through humiliating experiences at […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Industry, Reading • Tags: audience, chapter books, children's literature, Dr. Seuss, genre fiction, middle grade novels, read, reading, reading to kids, Romance Novel, romance novels, teen fiction, writer, writing, young adult fiction

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Reading Aloud

February 20, 2012 by Jamie

Until I had kids, I didn’t do any reading out loud. Now I do it every day. Mostly, the books we read are stories I’ve pre-selected for quality, and they work well when read to an audience, but occasionally, we come across one that I haven’t pre-screened, and invariably, if it’s not a well-written book, it’s even more of a chore to read aloud than it is to read to oneself. I read one book over the holidays to myself […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Reading • Tags: children's literature, creative process, editing, read, reading aloud, reading to kids, revision, revision process

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