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We live in an age of Baby Einstein products that sell like hot cakes. Everyone wants their child to do something creative well above what is called for, for the age. Have you ever thought of bringing in creative writing exercises as a way to help your child take a step ahead of everyone else? If you ever tried putting pen to paper, you’d know how difficult it was trying to make a story up out of nothing? It’s an exercise that can strain the abilities of the best among us. Letting your child loose on a sheet of paper can be one of the greatest creativity building exercises ever. But it won’t come easily of course. Here is what you do to help your child tap that inner writer better than anyone else.

It’s obvious that anyone will write better in an area that interests them. That applies to a child as well. It doesn’t matter which area of creative writing your child would like to involve herself in – it could be real life with a twist, it could be the next Harry Potter novel – completely fantastical -  creativity grows with every kind of writing. What you can do though is to help your child along when there is a case of writer’s block gumming up the works.

Do you remember the old TV show Doogie Howser M.D. about the boy genius who is a doctor? Each episode of the show always ended with Doogie writing in his journal on the computer about the lesson he learned that day. Apparently he writes in his journal to keep a promise he made his father in return for the allowance of a computer. Most parents find that it is difficult, as unexciting as it is, to have a child keep up a journal habit; and yet, it can be immensely rewarding over the long run, as a child learns to see how writing ability progresses with maturity. As long as a child knows that there is no one who is actually going to be reading their diary, their creative writing abilities can really grow well.

People read letters and other correspondence written by great people in history to see how they actually saw and felt the events that they helped shape. Writing letters can be a powerful way in which to force the creative aspect in writing. Introducing your child to this early on can be a great way to kick start the creative process.

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Writing a fairy tale requires research into past-written fairy tales, deciding on a moral to illustrate and creating characters with supernatural inclinations to tell the story. Create a fantasy for people to learn from with tips from a produced playwright in this free video on writing.

Expert: Laura Turner
Bio: Laura Turner received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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To celebrate World Book Day, Rebecca Nesvet, senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire, has chosen to discuss Tom Stoppard’s 1993 play, Arcadia. “Judged the greatest modern British play by Independent columnist Jonathan Hari, Arcadia follows the adventures of fictional Regency prodigy Lady Thomasina Coverley and her increasingly bewildered private tutor Septimus Hodge through a maze of farce, wordplay, romance and tragedy. In the following century, Thomasina and Septimus are joined by a group of modern scholars of various disciplines in pursuit of the answer to the greatest question: when people are not wholly in charge of their destinies, random events happen, and the world might end in total chaos, why do we bother to learn, love, or live? Stoppards Arcadia is, more than any text I can think of, the universe in paper covers. As such, it inspired my first attempts at playwriting, and continues to challenge me as a writer and as a teacher of playwriting in the Field of Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire.”

Find out more about the University of Gloucestershire’s Creative Writing course at http://www.glos.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/wt/

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Rules for writing dramas include choosing dynamic characters, setting a realistic plot and adding humor to the story. Find out more about writing dramas with a moral lesson in this free video from a professional writer.

Expert: Laura Turner
Bio: Laura Turner received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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Starting a writing career begins with choosing a genre, joining a writing group of peers and submitting written works to publishing houses. Begin a career as a writer with tips from a produced playwright in this free video on writing.

Expert: Laura Turner
Bio: Laura Turner received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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We are a low-residency MFA Program in Creative Writing, offering courses of study in literary nonfiction, poetry and fiction, examining “place” in every sense of the word. Recent visiting faculty: Ron Carlson, Valerie Miner, Josip Novakovich…..

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To write a children’s book, first decide what age level will read it, find out how to market the book and decide what kind of message it will portray. Begin writing a book for children that catches their imaginations with tips from a produced playwright in this free video on writing.

Expert: Laura Turner
Bio: Laura Turner received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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When writing a college or high school syllabus, make sure to include the following information: course number, course name, room number, meeting hours and personal information. Then, learn to add the detailed synopsis of the class, the class objectives, the class materials and the required assignments with this free video from a professional writer.

Expert: Laura Turner
Bio: Laura Turner received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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