Living the Life of a Writer - 6 Practices Student Writers Have, Know, and Do

In Living the Life of a Writer, Vincent shifts the focus of writing instruction from the writing to the writer. Her intuitive, inquiry-based approach to writing guides you, and your students, through six habits of a writer. This is the guidebook every writing teacher needs to turn writing instruction into a writing lifestyle.

List of contents

1. Writers Have a Way to Collect 2. Writers Have a Writer's Mindset Chapter 3. Writers Know Writing Is a Process 4. Writers Know Strategies to Help them Write 5. Writers Explore 6. Writers Celebrate

About the author

Jen Vincent (she/her/ella) celebrates the human experience through writing. With extensive experience in special education, curriculum development, instructional technology integration, teacher coaching, and working with multilingual learners, she currently serves as a 6th-8th grade Middle School Language Arts Teacher for Bannockburn School, a K-8 district in a northern suburb of Chicago. Jen is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early/Middle Childhood Literacy and the founder of Story Exploratory, where she offers workshops, coaching, and professional development to help writers explore what it means to live the life of a writer. Learn more at storyexploratory.com and at @storyexploratory on Instagram.

Product details

• Authors: Jen Vincent
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 22.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032853109
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3285310-9
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Professional Development, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, teacher training, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of a specific subject, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts