by Jeri Walker | Jan 8, 2018 | Writing Tips
Combining photography and writing can be a great way to shake up your writing process, so I am reposting this writing exercise from five years ago. One of my favorite exercises in terms of driving home the power of revision comes from Discovering the Writer Within by... 
by JeriWB Guest | Feb 1, 2016 | Writing Tips
Turning a play into a novel is certainly a great way to expand upon a story and truly get inside the minds and motivations of the characters. Or in the case of pondering whether or not to turn blogged material into a book, many of us have grappled with the intricacies... 
by Jeri Walker | Jan 27, 2014 | Editing Tips
I dare you to do this exercise. The look on a writer’s face when divorcing the draft is always priceless when they are told to literally chop up their beloved piece of writing. As a whole, writers have the tendency to grow too attached to their work. We revise... by Jeri Walker | Aug 15, 2013 | The English Classroom
Today’s writing and revision project was inspired by a couple of exercises from the book Discovering the Writer Within by Bruce Ballenger and Barry Lane. Photography becomes the catalyst that challenges participants to complete a radical revision. It is presented here...
