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  The Arts

  So, You Want to Be a Writer?

Featuring: Rita Dove, John Grisham, Thomas McGuane, Agnes Nixon, and Susan Sheehan

Description: This Achievement TV program focuses on the creative process of writing and explores how creative writing inspires one to utilize the natural inclination to imagine, invent and pretend. Students from across the country also discuss with prize winning journalists, novelists and poets how their lives have been shaped by their personal experiences, struggles and achievements.

PROGRAM FOCUS:
Language Arts, Communications, Social Science

Category: The Arts

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Additional Recommended Curriculum

Teachers, we've also developed materials for you to integrate portions of Achievement.org into your curriculum through our Achieve*NET Curriculum series.

You might also like these Achieve*Net curriculum:

Passion for Music
Media & the Arts
Architecture
From Dance to Drama
The Power of Words
The Novel
Poets and Poetry
So, You Want to Be a Writer

View more in our section for teachers.