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The Big Thing: FAQ
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A little blog about big things. Sunday, December 12, 2010. So Cathy, what happened? How did your students do? I’m so sorry it’s taken me awhile to update you! The end of NaNo is also the end of the semester, a busy time, as I’m sure you know. Three did not reach 50,000 words. One came within 5,000 words. Another came within 12,000 words. Another stopped generating new words at the midway point and started revising. So did the students who failed to reach 50,000 get a bad grade? If I only get halfway, wil...
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The Big Thing: January 2011
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A little blog about big things. Monday, January 17, 2011. New Address for The Big Thing. I've been doing that whole crazy platform thang. My new blog. Also called "The Big Thing," no longer has "blogspot" or "wordpress" in the address, and wow, I feel so grown up. Please join me over at my new digital home. I'm going to keep this blogspot address, though. Maybe when I tire of writing about big things, I will return and rechristen this "Little Things.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Muncie, IN, United States.
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The Big Thing: Survey Says!
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A little blog about big things. Thursday, November 18, 2010. On Day 15 of NaNo, I created a Survey Monkey. Survey so that I could check in with my students. This was so incredibly easy to create and implement, I know I will keep using this tool. This is what the survey looked like. I have 15 students, and 13 of them took the survey,. And I have decided to share this enormous. Amount of scientific data with you. Tomorrow's post: the "gamification" of writing a novel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Big Thing: Toolbox Stories
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A little blog about big things. I should say this: I love short stories. This blog is not about dissing the short story. But to provide some balance, I thought I'd post this, my "toolbox stories." These are the stories I carry around with me in my handy-dandy toolbox, also called “my head.” When I read a short story or essay by a friend or student that needs some work, I think to myself, “What story does s/he really need to read? S/he needs to read [blank].”. Margaret Atwood, “Happy Endings”. Raymond Car...
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The Big Thing: New Address for The Big Thing
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A little blog about big things. Monday, January 17, 2011. New Address for The Big Thing. I've been doing that whole crazy platform thang. My new blog. Also called "The Big Thing," no longer has "blogspot" or "wordpress" in the address, and wow, I feel so grown up. Please join me over at my new digital home. I'm going to keep this blogspot address, though. Maybe when I tire of writing about big things, I will return and rechristen this "Little Things.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Be cool, soda pop.
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The Big Thing: Changing Habits During NaNo
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A little blog about big things. Sunday, November 21, 2010. Changing Habits During NaNo. Survey Question 2: Did you start writing on Nov. 1 or before? 9 students started on Nov. 1. 4 students started before Nov. 1 (sometime around Oct. 1). Are you happy with that decision? All the students who started on Oct. 1 are happy with that decision. And they are all cruising right along, almost done. In an earlier post. I'm serious people: doing this NaNo thing as a class activity is very, very enlightening. 8220;...
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The Big Thing: NaNoDra2Mo?
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A little blog about big things. Monday, November 1, 2010. Not only do I want to change the name from “Novel Writing” to “Novel Drafting,” I also want to change it from one month to two. National Novel Drafting Two Months! NaNoWriMo creator Chris Baty says he picked November as National Novel Writing Month because “it’s a bad weather month.” Really? What about the long, dark nights of February or March? Why not schedule NaNoWriMo in say, May or June, when lots of people start Summer Projects? Shopping on ...