Narrative Cycle 1
I08 Use Plot, Place, and Character in a Story
I15 Use General Information and Specific Details
I22 Bring Your Characters to Life
I23 Describe What Your Characters Look Like
I24 Develop the Inner Story
I25 Develop Your Characters
I27 Use Details to Bring the Setting Alive
D03 Organize Your Writing
D21 Write a Lively Lead
D22 Write a Waterfall Lead
D23 Come Up with the Right Ending
D29 Develop a Scene
L09 Use Fresh Language
L13 Vary Sentence Beginnings
L19 Write Believable Dialogue
P05 Use Parentheses to Add Information
P14 Break a Text into Paragraphs
P15 Stop the Run-on Sentence
P16 Use Consistent Tense
Narrative Cycle 2
I13 Invent Specifics to Fill In Memory Gaps
I16 Use Inference to Let Readers Fill In the Gap
D04 Use a Recurring Detail
D07 Use the 2-3-1 Format for Organization
D13 Use a Double Focus in a Narrative
D24 End with a Question
D25 End with Humor
D31 Use Details to Alter the Pace of Time
D33 Use a Symmetrical Design
L01 Avoid Confusing Pronouns
L02 Avoid Redundant Words
L07 Try Repetition in Narrative Writing
L12 Move from Simple to Complex Sentences
L17 Tighten Dialogue
P01 Use a Colon to Introduce a List or Idea
P02 Use a Semicolon to Pull Together Related Sentences
P03 Use Commas to Add an Aside
P06 Use the Dash to Spotlight Part of a Sentence
P09 Edit for Passive Voice
Poetry Cycle
I02 Create a Poem from a Story
I03 Create a Poem with Imagery, Emotion and Music
I20 Use a Metaphor
I21 Use Personification
D08 Use White Space in a Poem
D14 Use a Double Focus in a Poem
D26 End with Your Strongest Line
L03 Delete the Weak Parts
L05 Choose Words That Sound Like What They Mean
L06 Create Line Breaks in a Poem
L08 Use Alliteration
L10 Use Repetition in Poetry
L15 Avoid Clichés
L20 Use a Thesaurus to Find Just the Right Word
P17 Use Fragments When You Write a Poem
Fiction Cycle
I11 Embellish an Idea
I18 Value Your Experience
I26 Make Your Story Believable
I28 Work with an External Conflict
I29 Work with an Internal Conflict
I30 Write in the First Person
I31 Write in the Second Person
I32 Write in the Third Person
D17 Cut to Your Lead
D19 Lead with the Big Picture
D27 Control How Time Moves
D28 Create Suspense in Fiction
D32 Use a Snapshot Structure
D34 Use a Triangular Structure
D35 Write a Circular Story or Poem
L04 Remove Those Annoying Little Qualifiers
L11 Combine Short Sentences
L14 Vary the Length of Sentences
Nonfiction Cycle
I14 Use Authentic Details
I19 Make a Comparison
D01 Anticipate What the Audience Expects
D05 Use a Transition Between Ideas
D06 Use Subtitles to Organize Your Writing
D09 Capture the Power of One
D10 Find the Right Distance by Pulling in Close
D11 Find the Right Distance by Pulling Back
D18 Lead with a Question
D20 Open with a Scene
L16 Avoid Passive Verbs
L18 Use a Natural Voice
L24 Use Vocabulary Specific to a Subject
P04 Use Commas to List Ideas
P07 Use the Ellipsis
Launch Cycle
I01 Create an Authority List
I04 Dig Up Buried Stories
I12 Free-Write for Specifics
I17 Use Supporting Details
D15 Use a Thematic Focus
D16 Use a Time Focus
D30 Find Your Focus
L21 Use Choice Adjectives
L22 Use Precise Nouns
L23 Use Verbs That Describe Action
P08 Be Aware of Words You Commonly Misspell
P10 Edit with a Checklist
P11 Fix Spelling Errors
Publishing Cycle
P12 Personalize the Editing Checklist
P18 Choose an Appropriate Form
P19 Choose What Gets Published
P20 Create Illustrations for the Text
P21 Reflect on Your Writing
Test Writing Practice Cycle
I06 Make a Personal Connection
I09 Use R-U-P-R When Writing to a Prompt
I10 Elaborate on an Idea
D02 Include a Beginning, a Middle, and an End
D12 Stay on Topic
P13 Reread for Correctness
