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• Title:The confidence to write : a guide for overcoming fear and developing identity as a writer / LIz Prather ; foreword by Thomas Newkirk.
  
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• Author/Creator:Prather, Liz, author.
  
• Published/Created:Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2022]
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1631 .P6747 2022
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Secondary)
  English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Middle school)
  English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects.
  Authorship--Psychological aspects.
  Performance anxiety.
  
• Description:xv, 198 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:""The Confidence to Write: A Guide for Overcoming Fear and Developing Identity As a Writer" is designed to help middle and high school English teachers and their students build the social and emotional courage necessary to write. This book has two objectives: 1) to help teachers overcome their own misgivings about a personal writing practice in order 2) to help students face the fear, anxiety, and self-doubt that plagues all writers"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9780325132808 paperback
  0325132801 paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Case for Discovering Writing Identity of Developing Writing Courage
  ch. 1 Writing Is Hard
  All Writers Struggle
  Dismantling the Myth of the Master Writer
  Why Teaching Fortitude to Support Writing Identity Is Necessary
  What Is Writing Identity?
  How to Use This Book
  pt. TWO Discovering Writing Identity
  ch. 2 Forging a Writing Identity by Writing
  Centering the Student
  Changing the Language We Use to Talk About Writing
  Four Activities That Lead to Foundational Conversations
  ch. 3 Teaching Writing Is Hard: Unpack Your Own Writing Identity
  Why Being a Teacher Who Writes Is Necessary Helpful
  Unpacking Your Writing History
  Unpacking Your Writing Attitudes
  Unpacking Your Writing Identity
  Starting a Writing Practice
  ch. 4 Examining Writing Experiences and Building Writerly Self-Regard
  How Writing Experiences Shape Writerly Self-Regard
  Five Activities to Examine Writing Experiences
  Building Writerly Self-Regard
  Declaring Yourself as a Writer
  pt. THREE Developing Writing Courage
  ch. 5 Fear of the Blank Page
  What Is It?
  How Does It Feel?
  How Does It Manifest in Writers?
  How to Use the Fear of the Blank Page to Fuel Your Writing
  ch. 6 Fear of Being Exposed
  What Is It?
  How Does It Feel?
  How Does It Manifest in Writers?
  How to Use Fear of Being Exposed to Fuel Your Writing
  We Can Write Hard Things: Why Sharing the Struggle Is Powerful
  ch. 7 Fear of Being a Fraud
  What Is It?
  How Does It Manifest in Writers?
  How to Use the Fear of Being a Fraud to Fuel Your Writing.