A Sense of Doubt blog post #2437 - Do you have 15 minutes? NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING - OCTOBER 20th

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2437 - Do you have 15 minutes? NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING - OCTOBER 20th

When my summer writing workshop ended, we all set our intentions. There were two:

- write for fifteen minutes a day six days a week (or at least 90 minutes a week)

- pursue a writing group with these people

NEITHER of these things has happened.

I have been challenged to take fifteen minutes at the start of each day for writing because of the oppressive work load under which I operate. I decided to write "operate" and not "suffer."

And none of us in the writing group have reached out, unless I missed it.

My email is a mess.

But dammit.

The time is now.

I have a personal day tomorrow, Thursday, which is actually today because I am a day late as always.

I am doing that thing.

FIFTEEN minutes.

And then I am doing it Friday-Monday.

GET ON THAT HORSE AND RIDE.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are impossible for me to get that time, so maybe I am aim for five days a week but get in 30 minutes (at least) on one of those days.

And maybe I will email those writers, too...

Intentions reset!

Happy National Day on Writing!!

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The National Council of Teachers of English has designated October 20 as the National Day on Writing™. So, what are you going to write? Don’t quite know where to begin? True, nothing’s quite as scary as staring at a blank page, but you can do it. Start slow. One sentence at a time. Soon, you’ll have a poem, a journal entry, a story, the first chapter of a novel, or just a really poignant FB post. Go ahead. Unleash your creativity. Put it in writing.

 

HISTORY OF NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING

This day is actually an initiative of the National Council of Teachers of English — built on the premise that writing is critical to literacy but needs greater attention and celebration.

 

As they see it, people tend to think of writing in terms of “pencil-and-paper assignments,” but no matter who you are, writing is part of your life. It’s part of how you work, how you learn, how you remember, and how you communicate. It gives voice to who you are and enables you to give voice to the things that matter to you.

 

For the past 11 years, the group has seen thousands of people share their responses and engage in activities around the theme of #WhyIWrite. Their collective voices are raising the volume on this issue. They are looking forward to their best National Day on Writing yet.

 

Recent NCTE initiatives include: 

• creating the first standards for reading, writing, and literacy assessment;
• defining 21st century literacy and the skills needed to achieve it;
• developing influential position statements on intellectual and academic freedom; and
• championing diversity in literature and the development of culturally relevant teaching practices.

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