A mantra I always repeat to my students is “think and act like a filmmaker.” My evolution as a professional filmmaker has led me to make major changes to how I teach.
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Why Teach Creative Writing? Part 1
When my seventh grade teacher said, “Yes, Lyn, we can perform the play you just wrote about time travel!” I was one ecstatic kid. The play I’d spent so many hours writing–she thought it deserved an audience! Mrs. Dunckel, my beloved English and Social Studies teacher, said yes to my creativity that till then, lived hidden and parallel to school.
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