My response: Ginny and the Mystery Doll, which I read when I was in second grade. It was the first book I read on my own, separate from my class, and that was truly exciting. Plus, it made me fall in love with mysteries, which I still find engaging and relaxing to read. What’s your response?
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Saunter silliness
Often we replace generic words with those that draw too much attention to themselves. The result? We interrupt our flow and that of our readers. For example: Generic: walk Embellished: saunter, meander, amble, ambulate, etc. True, sometimes our characters really do shuffle, but you get the picture. This week’s challenge then is to take perfectly ordinary words and replace them with a slew of fancy-dancy ones. Here are your words: said laugh chew frown cry Share […]
