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Ideas and Details

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:00:37 +0000

When I was doing lots and lots of author visits, many schools were focusing professional development—and writing instruction—on Six Traits: Voice, Ideas, Presentation, Conventions, Organization, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency. I liked to show ways that I, a professional writer, also dance and wrestle with those traits. In particular, I liked to focus on ideas and details.

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What Gets Left Out

Vicki Palmquist — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:00:06 +0000

In my three decades as a professional author, I’ve written about many intriguing, accomplished people: the Wyeth family of artists, painter Georgia O’Keeffe, abolitionist Lucretia Mott, author Peter Mark Roget, poets William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore, self-taught artist Horace Pippin, inventor Louis Braille, and most recently Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. In every case, I’ve focused my research on the words and the work of the subject themselves and have created what I hope are poetic and accessible books about these important men and women for young readers.… more

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Teaching Writing to Reluctant Writers—and Who Isn’t One?

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:00:44 +0000

“What’s next?” kids—ask, as they whiz through life at warp speed. You’ve seen them constantly check their phones for texts, Snapchat, and Instagram. Kids at video game kiosks hunch over the controls, zapping animated figures and blowing up characters by the dozens. Should the adrenaline abate for even a second, they turn to the next game, in search of that high-risk rush.… more

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Teaching Writing to Reluctant Writers—and Who Isn’t One?

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

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Nonfiction Setting and My Comfy Chair

Vicki Palmquist — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:46:00 +0000

I’m fussy when it comes to choosing where to sit. The comfy chair or the well-worn red sofa? Lights on high or nicely dimmed? Soft throw blanket? Sometimes even in a restaurant, I ask to sit at a different table than the one the host chooses because it doesn’t feel right. My husband rolls his eyes.… more

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