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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Sunday, February 14, 2016
A Writer's Notebook
Arghh! I haven't been posting in 8 days! Sorry! I will try to post as soon as I can, but I was so busy shopping, and doing things in the morning, I never had time for my blog! So today, I want to share something. It won't be a book review, but it will be about a book. The name of the book is, A Writer's Notebook. The author is Ralph Fletcher. Many of you might know him if you read his books. Anyway, this book explains what you can use your writer's notebook for. Remember how last time, my post was about a selected entry from my writer's notebook? This book tells you that your writer's notebook is yours. Ralph Fletcher gives examples of what you can put into your writer's notebook, like lists, and different entries. He also shares his personal experiences, and what he writes in this book.
This book has different chapters, which go over what you can put into your notebook. Here is an example from Chapter One: Unforgettable Stories.
First, Ralph Fletcher directs the chapter to you. "Does this ever happen to you? You stay up late on New Year's Eve and watch TV. Seems like everyone is bananas, waiting for the ball to drop. You say, "What's the big deal?" The chapter is still directed to you. In the book, Ralph Fletcher says, but somehow you notice some ants, and you wonder what they are doing. "You wonder, is something wrong with me?" After this, he gives you an example from his life:
"I watched on TV when the Boston Bruins held a special night to honor their hockey star, Bobby Orr. Just thirty years old, and he was being forced to retire. I loved Orr. He was so unbelievably fast and skilled. You could take someone to a hockey game and say, "'Watch number four- he's the best on ice- and you would always be right. That night, when Bobby Orr appeared, the crowd erupted in a six minute standing ovation that brought me to tears." This is one example of what he shows in his book. In this chapter, he explains that you need to find a place for all of those stories that touch you, and have a place for them in your writer's notebook.
In my writer's notebook, I keep lists, ideas for novels, names, and titles, entries about general emotions, life, or unforgettable stories that touch me. I also have a place for other authors' quotes and beautiful and inspirational writing. I started keeping my writer's notebook in 2013. When will you keep yours? "A writer's notebook is not for everyone, as Ralph Fletcher said, but you won't know unless you try." And remember, your writer's notebook is yours. You decide what to put in it.
For more info, visit Ralph Fletcher's website:
http://ralphfletcher.com/
Want more writing ideas and tips?
http://ralphfletcher.com/?page_id=49
This book has different chapters, which go over what you can put into your notebook. Here is an example from Chapter One: Unforgettable Stories.
First, Ralph Fletcher directs the chapter to you. "Does this ever happen to you? You stay up late on New Year's Eve and watch TV. Seems like everyone is bananas, waiting for the ball to drop. You say, "What's the big deal?" The chapter is still directed to you. In the book, Ralph Fletcher says, but somehow you notice some ants, and you wonder what they are doing. "You wonder, is something wrong with me?" After this, he gives you an example from his life:
"I watched on TV when the Boston Bruins held a special night to honor their hockey star, Bobby Orr. Just thirty years old, and he was being forced to retire. I loved Orr. He was so unbelievably fast and skilled. You could take someone to a hockey game and say, "'Watch number four- he's the best on ice- and you would always be right. That night, when Bobby Orr appeared, the crowd erupted in a six minute standing ovation that brought me to tears." This is one example of what he shows in his book. In this chapter, he explains that you need to find a place for all of those stories that touch you, and have a place for them in your writer's notebook.
In my writer's notebook, I keep lists, ideas for novels, names, and titles, entries about general emotions, life, or unforgettable stories that touch me. I also have a place for other authors' quotes and beautiful and inspirational writing. I started keeping my writer's notebook in 2013. When will you keep yours? "A writer's notebook is not for everyone, as Ralph Fletcher said, but you won't know unless you try." And remember, your writer's notebook is yours. You decide what to put in it.
For more info, visit Ralph Fletcher's website:
http://ralphfletcher.com/
Want more writing ideas and tips?
http://ralphfletcher.com/?page_id=49
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Selected Entry From My Writer's Notebook
Hi everyone!
I am very sorry for not posting in a week or so! Actually, I was very busy because I had moved with my family, so I am just settling in. Plus, to get on the computer, you need Wifi. We just got that yesterday; I am very sorry though! But at least I am back!
So today I want to share an entry from my personal writer's notebook which I wrote just today:
2/6/16
Anger. Yes, anger. It is what I feel when someone doesn't listen, something is not going the way I want it to go. So I made a poem below for this emotion:
Anger, the Red Sting
Anger is the red sting that you feel when something isn't right,
but you know you've got to fix it, you just don't know how,
it's the tears that stream down your face when you don't know what to do,
and all you care is that it goes away. You try to run, and save yourself,
yet you can't, it overwhelms and takes over you, but you've got to do something, and only you know what to do, so just believe and overcome. Believe and overcome.
© Copyright 2016. Poem and entry from Saanvi's Writer's Notebook is copyrighted. All rights reserved. Names, places, words, and all works, like the entry and the poem are Saanvi's, and may not be used whatsoever, except and only in case for educational purposes.
I hope you liked that. That was inspired because I got angry today, so I wrote this to calm myself down. So I hope that you liked it, and I am sorry that it was very short, but since it was, join in the fun on my main blog which you will find if you go to my blogger profile, and click, "My Webpage".
Thanks a bunch!
I am very sorry for not posting in a week or so! Actually, I was very busy because I had moved with my family, so I am just settling in. Plus, to get on the computer, you need Wifi. We just got that yesterday; I am very sorry though! But at least I am back!
So today I want to share an entry from my personal writer's notebook which I wrote just today:
2/6/16
Anger. Yes, anger. It is what I feel when someone doesn't listen, something is not going the way I want it to go. So I made a poem below for this emotion:
Anger, the Red Sting
Anger is the red sting that you feel when something isn't right,
but you know you've got to fix it, you just don't know how,
it's the tears that stream down your face when you don't know what to do,
and all you care is that it goes away. You try to run, and save yourself,
yet you can't, it overwhelms and takes over you, but you've got to do something, and only you know what to do, so just believe and overcome. Believe and overcome.
© Copyright 2016. Poem and entry from Saanvi's Writer's Notebook is copyrighted. All rights reserved. Names, places, words, and all works, like the entry and the poem are Saanvi's, and may not be used whatsoever, except and only in case for educational purposes.
I hope you liked that. That was inspired because I got angry today, so I wrote this to calm myself down. So I hope that you liked it, and I am sorry that it was very short, but since it was, join in the fun on my main blog which you will find if you go to my blogger profile, and click, "My Webpage".
Thanks a bunch!
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