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The WriteRise cast

Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.

  1. Penna Planning / POW — a quail who maps her notes into a plan before writing; planning IS the writing strategy
  2. Reeza Opinion / TREE — a fox who stacks up 'because' reasons for what she thinks; reasons ARE argument
  3. Willow Narrative / WWW — a weaver bird who weaves the who/where/what/how of a story; story elements ARE narrative
  4. Facta Informative — an owl who gathers facts under one main idea; main-idea-with-details IS informative writing
  5. Snippa Revising / editing — a beaver who snips and reshapes a draft to say more, clearer; revising IS improving
  6. Cheeri Self-regulation — a cricket who sets a goal and cheers herself on; self-talk IS SRSD self-regulation
  7. Ms. Quilby The workshop keeper — a calm heron who frames each strategy and never red-pens a draft

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