Today is National Writing Day. Why do I write? I write to make sense of my life. I write to discover what I have to say. Writing allows me to celebrate the power of language. Www.ralphfletcherbooks.com
Ralph Fletcher
@arrowpoint17.bsky.social
Keynote speaker. Author of books for young readers (FIG PUDDING, FLYING SOLO, and MARSHFIELD DREAMS) and writing teachers (JOY WRITE, THE WRITING TEACHER'S COMPANION). I'm a passionate nature photographer and huge fan of Jackson Browne and dark chocolate.
Puffin-mania! I saw thousands of them in Newfoundland.
Cover photo--mine!--on the Sept issue of the California English Journal.
Fat water droplet, like a crystal ball, nestled on a young lupine plant.
Contact me if you're interested in a very chill writing retreat in unspoiled Downeast Maine. Georgia Heard and I had a great time last summer and will be running the Quoddy Writing Retreat again this summer. July 27-Aug 1. We still have four spaces available. I hope you'll join us!
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Podcast about our writing retreat. I'll be co-leading it with Georgia Heard. We still have about four spaces left. Get in touch with me if you're interested. www.ralphfletcherbooks.com
Terrific novel. I'm probably the last one to get around to reading it. Incredible to think that the author wrote this powerful book when she was just 23 years old.
"Writing helps us discover what we know. Writing is different than talking. When we jot something down, we distill its essence; it becomes part of us; we own it in a new way." from Joy Write: Cultivating High-Impact, Low-Stakes Writing.
We had 27 participants last summer at this retreat and 10 of them have decided to come back again this summer. We still have about five spaces left. Email me if interested: figpudding@gmail.com
We had 27 participants last summer at this retreat and 10 of them have decided to come back again this summer. We still have about five spaces left. Email me if interested: figpudding@gmail.com
Who wants to write this summer? Join Georgia Heard and me in beautiful Downeast Maine for the 5 day Quoddy Writing Retreat. Email for more info: figpudding@gmail.com Only a few spots left!
Who wants to write this summer? Join Georgia Heard and me in beautiful Downeast Maine for the 5 day Quoddy Writing Retreat. Email for more info: figpudding@gmail.com Only a few spots left!