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Structured Writer's Workshop

A proven writing system for grades 4–8

I'm a middle school instructional coach and children's book author with Disney-Hyperion, HarperCollins, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

I created the structured writer's workshop to give teachers the tools to teach dynamic lessons so that writing skills transfer to all modes of writing.

Your students will find their VOICE!

What teachers notice when writing is structured

A middle school teacher once described this program as “the unicorn of writing.”

Not because it’s flashy, but because it starts where most writing programs don’t, with student motivation and clear skill-building. Inside the Structured Writer’s Workshop™, students learn six core writing skills that work across every mode of writing. As confidence builds, stamina follows. Essays stop feeling so daunting, and students begin to understand how writing actually works.

Transform Your Writing Block

When you structure your writing lessons, everything changes.

✅ Students write with confidence
✅ Lessons flow from skill to essay
✅ Your class is full of writers who actually want to write

How the Structured Writing Block Works

  • Daily Warm-ups build sentence-level skills and confidence
  • Weekly Workshop Skills give students one clear focus at a time
  • Deconstruction shows them how real essay writing actually works
  • C.E.R. Practice prepares them for essays, tests, and real-world writing

Motivation is built in, and explicit instruction is at the heart of this program!

See How It Works

What Teachers Are Saying

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