Writing Winners 2018

So Aunt Lizzy. . . Okay. . now back to what I wanted to talk about. 5th grade. . monsters, space ships, terrible. Mrs. Smith Grandpa. . 3 fingers. . Grandma cutting chickens heads off Aunt Lizzy. 3 pieces of advice: 1. Write what you know about. Each of you have stories inside you that ONLY YOU can write. You’ll find that other people will find themselves in your stories. .For example. . Who used to. . . . One Big Step? . . . Cover up all but a hole to breathe? The most interesting things you will ever write about are sitting right here in this room .----A time when your dad really embarrassed you. ----What were you most afraid of when you were little. Get to know people. . .McDonald’s. . “Have a Nice Day.” Ask them why. Write about the things you know about because nobody else can write those stories and they’ll be lost forever.

Get an audience. . . Get an audience. Tell your teacher you want to read your stuff everywhere.. for everybody.. Read for mom and dad. Read for Grandpa and Grandma. Read for your classmates. Read for your dog. Two roughnecks……Jeremy and Josh. .. all they could think about was skateboarding… I teamed them up and let them write together… Every weekend they met to write. They loved to perform it. One is now owns his own tractor business and the other is a Xtreme Wrestling Champion. You can do a math problem. . no audience. Last night: pizza. No audience. Who took a bath yesterday? You didn’t need an audience. But when you create a piece of art. . a piece of writing. . . it doesn’t come alive until somone reads it or hears it.
Basketball coach. Must be perfect in first game! Make every shot! Get every rebound! Block every shot! No… you try to play basketball then you keep working to get better. You don’t have to be perfect the first time. When you begin writing, don’t worry about making mistakes…just write. After you’ve written it the first time, then you can go back and make it better.

Write about the things you know, get an audience, and don’t worry about making mistakes. . just write!

Congratulations on your award tonight. . . and don’t worry. Aunt Lizzy thought the whole thing was really funny.

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