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Timed Writing

Price

Academic, Drafting

Duration

Quickwriting, Informal Sharing, Projects

About the Course

Timed Writing

  • Adaptable

  • See also: Quickwrites, Informal Sharing, Published Projects

For most creative writing clubs, members may need time to write. Frequent timed writing can help students practice focusing, drafting, and accomplishing short term goals. This may not only improve their writing skills, but it can help them become more comfortable with timed-writing in general.

There are a few ways to modify the practice to make it more accessible and fun for all members:

  • Display a visual timer

  • Play music (or allow students to listen to music)

  • Source prompts from members

    • A Google Form is an easy way to do this!

  • The Most Dangerous Writing App encourages you to keep writing or it deletes your progress!

    • It's possible to reclaim your work by downloading it to a Word Doc

    • The site also has prompts and advice. It wasn't made for 7-12 education, but the content seems

  • Use a more structured quickwrite

  • Create opportunites for informal sharing

Feedback Encouraged

Bias acknowledgement: I am a White, cisgendered, able-bodied educator from a semi-rural college in Northwest Ohio. This project is influenced by my own perspective and those I was able to seek in its development.

 

Please continue the conversation by leaving feedback about how the site can better promote diverse perspectives on how to create creative writing clubs that are inclusive of all people

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I would love any other kind of feedback, too! I hope to continue developing this website throughout my career.

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