WHAT I LEARNED THIS WEEK!

This week I have learned about poetry,flash fiction,and many authors like Gary Paulsen, GordOn Korman,and Sam Hay .I’ve also learned about commercials and  skits. I learned about nanoism and what they do.I learned how to write essays too.But I personally like the commercials the best. -- Jerry Lou

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Well, I learnt all about writing, and how to become an author and things like that. Technically, my most favorite thing I did in this camp was that stocking thing when we went around the building in groups of 2 or 3 (me and Olivia eves-dropped on everyone). So yeah that’s really all we did, even though there was a little more- did I mention that our teacher, Guy Stewart, is an actual author? Anyway, bye! -- Nihitha Mahabhashyam

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1 Write every day it helps you practice to get better; 2 There is no such thing as writer’s block, you can still write you just choose to not believe that, and won’t write; 3 Write your whole story and then look back, and change and critique grammar and punctuation and other mistakes; 4 Read your story out loud it helps you realize mistakes, that you don’t realize reading in your head; 5 Make your first sentence the best sentence make it very long, most people only read the first sentence of an article or story, and choose if there going to finish reading it.-- Ellie Osowski

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“Too many facts can bog your reader down. Don't lose track of your story. I think that the best thing to do when there is a lot of information in your story is to drop hints in the beginning of your story, then confirm it later. But don’t include scenes that their only purpose is to be used as an info dump, the reader won’t be able to understand it all."-Christopher Scalan (the Writer magazine) Shared by Colin Marshall

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I learned that a haiku has to be about nature and that you should never send a handwritten item to a publisher. -- Manuela French

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What I learned this week is that when you are writing a story or a short one. You should probably write in one sitting. This is because when you write and then you stop, then you might forget what the story is about! -- Jaden Cai

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“One thing I learned from the magazine, was to develop a clear setting, especially in a mystery. The reader should be familiar with the settings. It should all influence the characters. There should be specific details, it can develop the story. You should be concise and specific, settings which the reader would remember. Activate the senses of the reader.

“From class, we learned all kinds of things. Some which were memorable were the Journalism and the Global Daily Hotwire, fiction, and the flash fiction, and definitely the commercials and skits. We learned about how writing changes based on the topic, and what things to focus on. We also learned about the world of publishing, the strict guidelines, publishing in a magazine, and making money off of publishing.” – Amar Dani

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"What I learned this week is, how I can get published, how to be a better writer but the most important thing I learned is that some people think writing is just about earning money. I heard people talking about "Whoa, look at how much money you get for publishing to this website" and then they would just enter their info and click the "send" button. Sure, money is great but it is a BONUS for if your work is actually good. Don't focus on the money, focus on the writing." ~Ginna Molitor 

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I learned in the writing to get published that getting published is harder than it seems. Writing to get published has taught me how to write to get published. It has also taught me that writing can make you big bucks. -- Amogh Rajagopal

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“I learned that in writing you should never give up. Because if you do, then you will never make it to reach your goal. If you stop writing and give up, you will never be able to reach your goal. But if you do, you will be most likely to become an author, and everyone will know- you are positive and will never give up.” - Nihitha Mahabhashyam

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“I learned how to make people buy your writing by writing non-fiction books because it takes up 3⁄4 of all types of writing. I also learned just keep on going even if you get rejected or you will never become a writer. Just never give up and you might become a successful author one day.”   - Olivia Peng

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This week in Mr. Guy’s class, I learned a lot about writing to get published and how to entertain an audience. I learned about flash fiction, Twitter fiction, and about 5 Minute Mysteries. I learned that you will get rejected multiple times but you should not give up if you want to be a writer. I learned this from my great teacher, Guy Stewart. I also learned that some people can only write when in a certain place or in a certain state of mind. -Paolo Costea

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