Shameless Plug!

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So, I was very excited and nervous to appear on Libby Gorr’s Sunday segment ‘School’s Out’ on radio 774 ABC in Melbourne talking about Wilfred Owen’s war poetry as part of a series for VCE students. Here is the podcast
I could easily have talked for another hour. I was terrified before going in but was made to feel completely at ease by Libby and Kulja and enjoyed the chance to talk about something I really enjoy.
What more could you ask?

Writing Tips by Henry Miller, Elmore Leonard, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman & George Orwell

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Here’s one way to become a better writer. Listen to the advice of writers who earn their daily bread with their pens. During the past week, lists of writing commandments by Henry Miller, Elmore Leonard (above) and William Safire have buzzed around Twitter. (Find our Twitter stream here.) So we decided to collect them and add tips from a few other veterans — namely, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman. Here we go:
Via www.openculture.com

Writing to Reed: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Writing and Writing Instruction on Reading | Harvard Education Review

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Reading is critical to students’ success in and out of school. One potential means for improving students’ reading is writing. In this meta-analysis of true and quasi-experiments, Graham and Herbert present evidence that writing about material read improves students’ comprehension of it; that teaching students how to write improves their reading comprehension, reading fluency, and word reading; and that increasing how much students write enhances their reading comprehension. These findings provide empirical support for long-standing beliefs about the power of writing to facilitate reading.
Via her.hepg.org