Estimated Time: 45 minutes

Read:

One way to become a better writer is to read good writing. In this online book club, you will be reading stories written by authors who used real events to inspire the story.

This week read Gary D. Schmidt's "Love Like Leeches" and "Falls" on pages 2-14 of Been There, Done That: Writing Stores from Real Life.

Writing Project

The writing project for this month is to write a fiction story. Consider using details or events from your own life to help you build your story, as Gary D. Schmidt did in the example you read above. This week begin to jot down a list of possible story ideas that you could write, including possible descriptive phrases that could work with your story. Adverbs and adjectives help to make writing more entertaining. Watch this video to learn more.