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WHY
I MADE THIS WEB PAGE
Writing
is one of my passions. When I was a non-traditional student,
I met many other non-traditional students who also loved to
write.
I met some of those non-traditional students in my English teaching
classes at Western Kentucky University.
Now
I am writing online on websites and blogs, and on article sites.
I am also starting to write some short stories and hopefully
will start a novel this year.
So
I want to list and share all the neat sites and links I have
found while doing my research. (See the links at the left.)
I
hope you enjoy these links here on this page. You can also go
to the Writers Page and find even
more resources, such as more online writing groups, editing
pages, and more. Enjoy!
ABOUT
WRITING AND BEING A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT
I
think it helps a lot to already love to write when you become
a non-traditional student. Extra assignments, papers, and essay
tests all come easier when you love to write. It isn't such
a chore then.
One
thing I did remember from being in school before was to start
early on writing assignments. When I was in college the first
time, I used to put assignments off and wait until the very
last minute. As a non-traditional student (and a much older
one than many...)
I
just didn't have the stamina to stay up all night and complete
projects. No more all-nighters for me, I decided. So I tried
to plan for NOT doing things at the last minute.
I
needed to write a lot while I was in college as a nontraditional
student, because I was taking education and English courses.
My favorite class that I wrote a lot for helped me learn how
to critique other people's writing.
The
professor had us all do a high school portfolio, complete with
many different kinds of writing. It was fun!
MY
NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT BLOG - - AND HOW IT STARTED
Although
non-traditional students often are very busy already with school,
homework, studying for tests, and family responsibilities, it
can be fun to start a blog about being a non-traditional student
if you can find the time. I know it was a lot of fun for me.
I
started a blog when I was in school, and talked some about being
a non-traditional teaching student. You can see
my blog here.
There
is another writing page on this site,
too. You can find even more links there.
ABOUT
THE AAA
WRITERS AND READERS NEWSGROUP
The
AAA
Writers and Readers Newsgroup on Yahoo is a mainly new Yahoo
group that I hope will help new writers. It is just getting
started.
You
can join
here and post your work on the site.
Also,
you can put handy links on the Yahoo group site to help other
authors. I looked up Yahoo writer's groups online and found
some that were very active. I was not ready to devote a lot
of time to writing then, and dropped out of one of them.
Since
then, I've become more interested in writing. If you are an
author, or would like to be one, please consider joining
this newsgroup. I plan to become more active there very
soon, and write a short story this year.
When
you join, please put a little introduction there about yourself,
so the other members know you have joined. Thanks!
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