The document discusses various aspects of writing such as why we write, how writers work, what it takes to be a writer, and the rules of writing. It emphasizes that the most important thing is that the writer writes. It explains the concept of "writing territories" which are the potential audiences and topics a writer may write about. It also outlines three rules of writing: 1) Write about what you know, care and wonder about; 2) Learn from other writers; and 3) Learn from readers. The overall message is the importance of writing, reading, and learning from other writers and readers to become a better writer.

1. REAL WRITING
BLC 2010

3. LET’S WRITE!

4. LET’S WRITE!

5. LET’S WRITE!

6. I AM A WRITER.

7. WHY DO WE WRITE?

8. HOW DO WRITERS
WORK?

9. WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

10. DONALD GRAVES ON WRITING

11. DONALD GRAVES ON WRITING
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12. WRITING TERRITORIES

13. WRITING TERRITORIES

14. WRITING TERRITORIES

15. WRITING TERRITORIES

16. WRITING TERRITORIES

21. WHO I AM AS A WRITER
I SEE my goals
I know WHO I’m writing to
I’ve defined the HEART
of my message
My ACTIONS support
why it’s important
I TAKE my reader to new places

22. MAKING WRITING REAL

23. WHAT REAL WRITERS
DO

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31. YOUR WRITING
HOMEWORK IS...

32. YOUR WRITING
HOMEWORK IS...

33. RULES OF WRITING

40. REAL WRITING RULES

42. KNOW
CARE
WONDER

43. KNOW
CARE
WONDER

44. WRITERS LEARN FROM
OTHER WRITERS

45. WRITERS LEARN FROM
OTHER WRITERS

46. WRITERS LEARN FROM
OTHER WRITERS

50. SARA

51. WRITERS LEARN FROM
READERS

53. WHAT DO WRITERS
NEED?

54. WHAT DO WRITERS
NEED?

55. TIME

57. AUDIENCE

65. YOU!

74. WRITER TO WRITER

75. WRITER TO WRITER
“MAKE WRITING A HABIT.”
-STEPHEN KING
“TAKE IT STEP BY STEP, BIRD BY BIRD.”
-ANNE LAMOTT
“THINK ‘ISH.’ ”
-PETER REYNOLDS

94. Reading
and for Real
Writing
Angela Maiers

95. WHY
write?

96. How do we MAKE
writing real?
WHAT is involved in
writing well?
What KIND of
writers
do we WANT?

98. so LET’s
write!

102. making
Writing
REAL

103. what do REAL
writers
do?

108. Who I Am as a Writer
I see my goals
I know who I’m writing to
I’ve defined the heart
of my message
My actions support
why it’s important
I take my reader to new places

109. The most important thing you
need to know about me is that I
write. I am a writer! I write for
ots of different reasons, about
many things. I call this the
writing territories. These are the
potential audiences for my
writing. But the writing territory
s more than the idea bank.

113. the RULES of
Writing

116. RULE #1:
Writers write about
what they…
Know
Care
Wonder

118. RULE #2:
Writers
Learn from other
writers

119. GREAT
Readers and Writers
of
Fiction…

120. Great
Readers and
Writers
of
Fantasy…

121. Great Readers
and Writers
of
NonFiction…

122. Great Readers
of
Historical
Information

123. Great
Readers and
Writers
of
Scientific
Text

124. RULE #3:
Writers …
Learn from other
readers