One of my parent reviews best describes my goal for this class:

"If your child is stuck on getting started, Marcy has a way to pull out the 'stuckage' so to speak in a fun and patient way." PARENT

I love to "unstick" the mind of the reluctant writer and to motivate and organize the mind of the enthusiastic writer in this one-to-one tutoring class. Working together with parent and child I will do my best to not only teach children how to creatively write but how to get those great ideas down on paper. Writing does not have to stink! In fact, writing is one of my most favorite things in the world!

When parents tell me that their child who "hates to write" is writing now after taking my class, it makes me so happy!
Think of me as an aide working alongside your child while helping your child to begin, to strengthen what they have already started, OR to work on specific skills. I am positive and encouraging. 

💠I am the author of over 25 chapter books for children (having sold 40000 books in the last ten years) and a former teacher. I have also been published in magazines, newspapers, blogs, and Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I talk to students about my writing and the writing process and help to foster their own creativity. I have taught writing to 100s of students. Creative writing is my passion.


💠With my unique set of skills as a successful author, writer, and teacher, I am able to help learners to see the small things as well as the big ideas when it comes to their personal writing. I also work with students from scratch to practice the writing process in a fun way.

😃This class will be tailored to your child's writing needs. Parent communication is very important. This is my ONE-TIME class. I also offer an ongoing version of the same class that is also 1:1.😃

IMPORTANT:
😃I work hard to make connections with my students and to make our class enjoyable and educational. Making connections by learning what interests the child is the first step to building trust between the student and the teacher. 

📢 It seems that most of my tutoring sections fall into two categories lately.
1. Students come to me with nothing written, and I teach lessons about the elements of a good story, and they build up to writing their own stories. OR...
2. Students come to me having started their own stories, and I help to edit looking for plot holes or grammar issues (if desired) and help the students to strengthen their stories. I have become quite adept at honing in on the issues that can be improved. (And I do this kindly.) 🥰  #️1 Parent Concern: "My child is super creative but has no idea how to organize their thoughts or finish a story."

However, I have done a large variety of projects within the realm of tutoring which include some of the more specific projects below.
💠Some of the projects I have worked on with students....
       💠Wrote a story back-and-forth with a reluctant, yet creative, writer
       💠Helped a very creative student to organize her thoughts for a graphic novel (She has gone on to write three full graphic novel stories with me.)
       💠Helped students who have started long stories but don't know how to end them, to organize their goals for the story ending
       💠Provided story starters for a student to practice creative writing with focus on different story elements like characters or settings
       💠Worked with students to correctly implement dialogue writing in the story including punctuation skills
       💠Helped students with story editing (run-ons, spelling, plot holes, grammar, etc.)
       💠Taught the five-paragraph essay structure with multiple students
       💠Helped students to improve sentence quality
       💠Helped students to create better beginnings, middle, and endings
       💠Taught lessons on how to make more exciting story starters
       💠Workshopped original stories with children to improve and edit (LOTS of great stories are being created by these bright learners!)😃 Some students are aspiring novelists! A typical routine might be me receiving and editing up to 10 pages a week before class, reviewing the edits with the learner during class, and planning for the next chapter.
       💠Taught book report writing
       💠Taught non-fiction writing
       💠Taught fable/moral lesson writing


Parent/Teacher communication is important so that you are getting what you are hoping for from me! I will communicate with parents via Outschool conversations before each class to best understand the writing skill your child needs help with for our session. I have lots of resources available, and I am happy to create activities for practice if needed.

💬 I will be in contact with parents with updates of our time together.

I have worked with many students to improve creative writing stories. I love seeing their eyes light up with enthusiasm and excitement. I have also taught students basic writing skills in different forms of writing. 💛💛Please message me if you need a better time for you. I also teach this class as a one time only class if that is better for you. 💛💛

💛📢If your child is sending me original work to review, please LIMIT THE PAGES TO 10 for our first visit. I want to give the pages my full attention.

BS in elementary education with over 15 years of teaching experience
MS in educational administration
School Librarian
Author of over 25 books
I have three new books coming out this year!