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Prewriting - Essential Writing Groundwork

Prewriting: Essential Writing Groundwork

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMarch 9, 20234 Comments

The first step in writing is not writing. It begins in your head with the spark of an idea. What happens between the spark and writing the book is prewriting.

Breaking Down the Writing Process

Breaking Down the Writing Process

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMarch 2, 20235 Comments

Let’s take a broad overview of the writing process and the pieces of the puzzle that go into pre-writing, writing, and post-writing in this post from Jan Fields.

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