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7-Day Writing Blitz HIGHLIGHTS

Brave Writer 7-Day Writing Blitz Highlights

Brave Writer’s 7-Day Writing Blitz upends the dynamics of writing and invites your kids to play with words in brand new ways!

Thousands of homeschooling families around the world launched their writing programs this year with the free 7- Day Writing Blitz Guide as a launch pad for creativity. These parents led their children into a creative romp with words that culminated in sharing their writing as a gift!

Kids wrote words everywhere! Words were scrawled on mirrors, pavement, fingers, t-shirts, and dishes. Kids wrote with chalk, paint, mustard, markers, and lipstick. Our Brave Writers wrote sitting in trees and blanket forts, cuddled with dogs and even hanging upside down!

You can use the Blitz any time you’d like to bust through boredom and recast the writing experience.

Each day of the blitz entices young writers to throw out their stale habits and embark on a new relationship with words: whether you trade the pencils for glitter pens, scribble on fence posts, or mash up a couple of poems to create a brand-new verse. The sky’s the limit!

Take a look at what thousands of children like yours did in our first blitz! Use the hashtag #bw7dayblitz when you share your children’s writing on social media so we can celebrate with you!

At the end of the 7 days, print certificates for your kids and celebrate! Your writing life is about to change. Can’t wait to see how! Download the 7-Day Writing Blitz Guide now. It’s free—just like writing.

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Podcast: Writing Outside of the Academic Rubric with Gabrielle and Kim Linnell

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Permit me to gush! Gabrielle Linnell was in my very first Brave Writer class way back in January of 2000. Today, she’s a published author working for the Folger’s Library and student at Oxford! (I like knowing that her very first published work lives in The Writer’s Jungle—page 114). Gabrielle and her mom share about their unique homeschooling relationship—how Kim fanned Gabrielle’s passion into the successful education and career Gabrielle enjoys today.

There’s so much to learn from a team like this and I can’t wait for you to hear them share.

Episode 4: Gabrielle and Kim Linnell

Kim and Gabrielle will help you imagine how you can catalyze the passions your kids have into a robust, enjoyable education. Not only that, if you’ve ever wondered how Brave Writer helps kids grow as writers, you won’t want to miss this episode.

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Friday Freewrite: Magic Envelopes

Friday Freewrite Magic Envelopes

You are given two magic envelopes with invitations inside that you can send to two people in the past to have dinner with you in the present. Which historical figures do you invite and what might your dinner be like?

New to freewriting? Check out our online guide.

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Happy Birthday, Donald J. Sobol!

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In celebration of Donald J. Sobol’s birthday (October 4, 1924), we’re making a special offer! The Arrow for his novel, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, is:

HALF OFF until Friday at midnight EST! ($4.95)
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Born on October 4, 1924, in the Bronx, New York City, Sobol served in World War II before attending college and earning his bachelor’s degree. Among other things, Sobol worked as a reporter before beginning his career as a mystery writer.

Sobol is most known for authoring the Encyclopedia Brown series. The story follows the adventures of young sleuth Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown and his friend Sally as they solve mysteries and foil schemes around their neighborhood. The first book in the series, Boy Detective, was published in 1963.

Donald J. Sobol passed away in July of 2012 at the age of 87. The final book in the series, Case of the Soccer Scheme, was published in 2012 posthumously.

Celebrate Sobol’s birthday and life and take advantage of this special offer!

If you’d like to buy a copy of the novel, it’s available through Amazon: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective


The Arrow is the monthly digital product that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific read aloud novel (you purchase or obtain the novels yourself). It’s geared toward children ages 8-11 and is an indispensable tool for parents who want to teach language arts in a natural, literature-bathed context.

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Globe-Trotting + Homeschooling!

Brave Writer Podcast S3E3 Christina Celebi

Season 3 is off to a seismic start! The podcast blasted to the top of the charts for K-12 the first week already, and we’ve loved all your reviews and emails. Thanks for sharing the podcast with your friends. We appreciate you!

Episode 3: Christina Celebi!

This week’s episode features an adventurer! Meet Christina Celebi. She’s a homeschool mama who gets itchy feet. When she does, she and her husband pack up their tribe, and they head wherever the cheap airfares take them. I’m inspired by her bold vision and hope you will be too!

Even if you aren’t inclined to travel, there’s much to glean from Christina’s can-do spirit in this podcast. I hope you’ll listen along!

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