...I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a concentration in professional/technical writing. As a lyricist, I had seven songs published on a professionally recorded album. I won a campus-wide poetry contest. (read more)
...The evaluation for reading is, of course, having the student read, and for writing, having the student write a paragraph or two and then reviewing it with him or her. If the student is a child, then I also like to sit down with the parent(s) in the first lesson and find out what they are looking... (read more)
...Slowly moving through floor exercises focusing on epaulement and clear body positioning is best for a beginning student. Dyslexia can assume a wide variety of manifestations. But, the condition is always characterized by a difficulty when decoding words that stems from seeing letters that are either not part of the word or not in the proper order. (read more)
...Because writing is, essentially, a knowledge-creating act, every writer develops their own approach to and internal methodology for solving their writing problem. The job of a tutor is to help the writer refine both their thinking and technical skill in order to communicate their story clearly a... (read more)