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Week 2: The Goal for Today: One Great Sentence

Setting goals for your writing scares many writers, especially beginners. Setting just one goal starts you on your journey. When you're brave enough, add to that goal: two sentences, three sentences, a paragraph, a page. You do know if you write a page a day for a year, you will have a 365-page first draft of a novel. So, write that one great sentence. Oh, it may not start out great, but you'll edit, rewrite, revise, look for wordiness, passive voice. Remember to show; don't tell. By the time you've worked that sentence, you will have that one great sentence. Give yourself a pat on the back. You've completed your goal.

Reading Assignment: Setting Effective Writing Goals

Writing Assignment 1: Write one sentence off the top of your head. Show the first thought sentence and then show your revisions and the final sentence. Use your list from last week if you're lost for a subject. Post to the board.

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Writing Assignment 2: Using words that begin with these ten letters, in the same order, write an opening sentence: C W I T S N E M B R.  Post your sentence to the board.

 

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