This week my 6th graders have been researching Mesopotamian inventions. Tomorrow, the project will culminate in a debate in which one invention will reign supreme! Which one would you choose? Wheel Irrigation Sailboat Writing

Social media is a great means of communication in a digital world, however it's clear it lends to polarizing opinions. For example, a big fight right now in the #writngcommunity is trad pubvs. self pub There are pros and cons to both. One is not inherently superior. Stop fighting and just write.

It is during the drafting stage that I find I can neither spell nor grammar. #writing#writingcommunity

Writers who are also teachers (or health professionals). How do you find the energy to write/edit on the weekends? I find that because of the nature of my job I'm in an emotional and creative spiral all week. When I finally write...I go blank. Tips/Tricks? #writing#amwriting#writingcommunity

wondering why, after posting one tiktok, I am not yet a best selling author of a five book series. #amwriting#writingcommunity

If you ever need world building ideas for your stories, might I suggest you talk with a 6th grader? They are some of the most creative humans I know. You might just also have to listen to stories about pokemon. #writing#teaching

I've hit the stage of procrastination where I'm now writing Loki fan-fic. It's lit y'all. #writer#writingcommunity#fanfic

I teach 6th grade ancient history, and I assigned my students a “create a civilization” project based on the GRAPES of civilization. Low key using it to world build for my WIP. #writer #writingcommunity #author

Advice in writing is to write until your MS is *perfection*. Until it's been *pulled apart by betas*. It has to be *fresh* it has to be *new*. but then I read a published novel and it's arguably an author who said eff this and wrote what they wanted. I've entered my eff it era. #writing #querying

In light of recent events I want to take a sec to discuss lateral reading. This is a method used by fact checkers to independently verify sources. Social media is ripe with propaganda. *Leave the Site* and fact check with trustworthy sources before you believe things. Thank you for the ted talk.