A good way to your kids to open up

What is a good way to get your kids to open up and start talking? Even better what is a good way to get your kids to start writing? Below you will find a list of some great topics you can print out and put into a jar and let your child pick a topic a day.

*If you could be an animal at the zoo, which animal would you choose? Why?

*If you could make three wishes for tomorrow, what would they be?

*If you could pick where your family will go on their next vacation, where would you pick?

*If you could pick any age to be, what age would you pick? Why?

*If you could be a dog or a cat, which would you pick? Why?

*If you could have any job in the world, what job would you pick?

*If you could stay up all night, what would you do?

*If you could make dinner tomorrow night, what would you make?

*If you could help someone in need, who would it be?

*If you could talk to the President of the United States of America, what would you say?

*If you could buy any book for yourself, which book would you choose?

*If you could travel to outer space, would you go? Why?

*If you could be any age you wanted, what age would you pick and why?

*If you could be famous, what would you like to be famous for?

*If you could choose to do something fun tomorrow, what would you choose to do?

*If you could make the world a more peaceful place, how would you start?

*If you could have lunch with 3 characters from children’s books, who would you pick?

*If you could have a superpower, which power would you like to have?

*If you could be any color, what color would you be? Why?

*If you could be an author or illustrator, which would you choose and why?

*If you could live in Antarctica, would you?

*If you could only buy three things at the grocery store, what items would you choose?

*If you could be a principal, what rules would you change at school?

*If you could be a river or an ocean, which would you rather be? Why?

*If you could interview your favorite author, who would you choose and what would you ask?

*If you could play a musical instrument, what instrument would you select?

*If you could be invisible for a day, would you do it?

*If you could be an ice cream flavor, what would it be?

*If you could meet anyone from history, who would you meet and why?

*If you could be a professional in any sport, what would it be?

I have it bad

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I'll have to admit but I have it bad when it comes to correcting someone's English spelling and grammar mistakes. In the past, I would have cared less about how someone would spell a word even if it means they were using the wrong word, to begin with. But now, oh boy, you better look out. It's like I'm the Nazi police of spelling and grammar. I am far from perfect when writing. I do make mistakes like others but I make damn sure my writing is almost perfect.

I do understand that not all writers are native to the English language. I commend those that try their hardest to master a second or even a third language. I have tried learning a second language and it's pretty hard. Then I remember how hard it is to remember all of the writing rules in English. I actually have it easy compared to others who are just now learning English.

English spelling and grammar can be difficult for any new user, hell it's even hard for some native English speakers as well. I know, I have seen some people who only speak English and still couldn't put out a properly written article without having so many mistakes. Some will write the way they talk. Most often that means they are writing in slang. It doesn't necessarily mean that writing in slang is wrong. It just means the person's audience is limited to a certain area of people and probably isn't reaching out to it's potential.

There are so many words that most people get confused with other like words when writing. For example, there, their, or they're; her or here; brake or break; when to use the correct form of to, too or two, affect and effect, it's and its; your and you're; who's and whose are just a few examples. Sure there are many other words that people sometimes get confused with. You can read more about these type of words on an article titled Words that are often confused.

Although some words are easy to get confused in any writing, it only takes a few minutes to go back over what was previously written to make sure all words are used correctly. Sometimes you can find programs such as Grammarly that will help with both spelling and grammar. Proofreading is something that everyone be an expert in.

August 31 Days Of Writing Prompts

31 Days Of Writing Prompts

Feel free to pick and choose which prompts work well for your site.

1. What is something blogging has taught you about yourself?
2. Do you need solitude?
3. Have you ever traveled to a foreign country? What country would you most like to visit?
4. What would you include in a truly epic gift basket?
5. How do you respond to change?
6. What is your dream job?
7. If you could only eat one thing for breakfast for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
8. Are you more like your mother or your father? Or maybe you aren’t like either of them? Tell us why.
9. Do you communicate differently online than you do in person?
10. National S’mores Day! Share your favorite s’mores-inspired recipe.
11. Finish this sentence: Life is to short to…
12. Would you rather read only one book for a year or only watch one television show for a year, and which book or show would you pick?
13. Which cartoon character best represents your personality?
14. What was the last game you played?
15. What special tradition from your childhood have you recreated with your own children?
16. It is time to embrace your funny side. Tell us a funny story or a joke.
17. What does friendship look like in your world? Tell us about your best friend, and what makes her (or him) special.
18. Do you have a favorite recipe from your childhood that you still make today?
19. Would you trade places with a celebrity for a day? If so, who would you choose?
20. Book review time: tell us about a great book you have recently read.
21. What does your favorite song say to you?
22. Do your children still believe in the Tooth Fairy?
23. If your life flashed before your eyes, which three moments do you think you would see?
24. How to you spread kindness?
25. Do you still keep a personal journal? How is it different from your blog, or are the two connected in some way?
26. If you were to describe yourself as a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
27. Share a favorite picture from this summer and a favorite picture from a summer in the past.
28. Does your family have a motto?
29. What is your favorite room in your house?
30. What motivates you?
31. What does “a fresh start” mean to you?

Audience

I am in week three of my online English class and this weeks topic is about Audience. When writing a blog or even a paper for that matter, the writer must think about the audience that will be reading that paper or blog. Most blogs already know ahead of time who their audience is or the intended audience is supposed to be. But what happens when a different audience reads your blog? Will it help your blog or hurt it?

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What are some things to consider when writing. I know that when I am writing my school papers that my audience is the teacher and my other classmates. So I know what I write should be beneficial to them.

Also when writing a person must be careful and not use bias words. Bias words have a tendency to hurt some blogs/people by the way the article is written. Below is a list of biased and unbiased words. The list of words came from this site here:  http://www.writeexpress.com/bias.html(Links to an external site.)

Biased		Unbiased
businessman		businessperson
chairman		chair, chairperson, head
clergyman		member of the clergy, minister, pastor
Congressman		member of Congress, legislator, representative
fireman		firefighter
foreman		supervisor
mailman		letter carrier, mail carrier, postal worker
mankind		humankind, humans, people
manpower		Personnel, staff
policeman		police officer
salesman		salesperson
stewardess		flight attendant
waitress/waiter		server

The most important thing to remember is to avoid being racial bias. You never want to stereotype anyone for any reason. This includes blatantly derogatory statements, such as racial slurs because they are unacceptable in any writing.

Reference:

http://www.wisegeek.org/in-writing-what-is-an-audience.htm

What's Your Story

I used to be a writer that wrote on a daily basis for a few different sites. Then sites started closing down one by one and it seems so did my love for writing. I am left with one site called Bubblews and, of course, my blogs as well but it's not the same. When the last writing site closed I felt lost and all alone. This feeling has not left and is still lingering around. Will it ever leave? God I hope so. I do miss writing. I miss it with a passion. But now when I write I feel uncertain about what I write. It's like I'm writing something wrong and that it shouldn't be read by others. 

I end up letting my emotions get the best of me both in the real world and also in the world of writing. Why do I allow this to happen? I know it feels better letting it all out instead of leaving it all in. 

I am uncertain of what the future may hold for me or for my blog. I will continue the best that I can.

What do I blog about?

It has been awhile since I last wrote a blog post so you have to forgive me if I sound a little rusty in this post. A friend of mine has been trying to encourage me to join the 30-day blogging challenge and I eventually gave in and joined the official Facebook page. So I want to thank Trenna for this encouragement.

So, what do I blog about? Most people that own blogs normally have a certain niche that they write about. They might write about how to write an effective blog, how to lose weight, how to clean, or whatever their niche may be. As for me, I write what ever is on my mind at the time I'm writing. That is why I haven't written anything in awhile since I haven't been in the mood to write.

I tend to write about my emotions and things that have happened to me at that present moment. I know to some people this maybe boring but to me it's a way to release any anxiety or help ease my depression at the moment. I might also write about things I have recently learned or products I might have received for free.

Although I might not have a big blog as of now, I plan on expanding the blog in the future.

July Writing Prompts

1. If you were a superhero, what would your powers be?
2. What brings joy into your life?
3. Would you ever want to run for political office? Why or why not?
4. July 4th! Here in the US, this is Independence Day. Tell us what independence means to you.
5. Tell us about your July 4th celebration. Don’t forget the pictures!
6. Write about someone who is a hero to you.
7. What does your blogging schedule look like?
8. How do you conserve energy?
9. National Sugar Cookie Day! Do you have a special cookie recipe or a great idea for sugar cookie decorating?
10. Tell us about your favorite organization and why it is important to you.
11. What motivates you?
12. Tell us about five weekend activities you want to try before the summer ends.
13. What is your favorite color? Tell us why you like that color, or show us how it is represented in your home and wardrobe.
14. Share your favorite recipe that includes blueberries. Don’t forget the yummy pictures!
15. What is your favorite writing tool? Do you only use the computer, or do you still love pen and paper?
16. Take a walk this morning, and tell us what you saw.
17. What is the best prank you have ever pulled?
18. What is your favorite fashion accessory right now?
19. Do you love to fly? Where would you fly right now if you could hop in a plane?
20. National Ice Cream Day! It makes sense to celebrate ice cream during the heat of the summer. What is your favorite way to eat ice cream when you need to cool down?
21. Did you dream of traveling to the moon when you were a kid? Tell us your thoughts on the moon and space travel, or if you are in the mood to be extra creative, write a short story about a moon colony.
22. Do you enjoy sewing? Tell us why or why not, and if you do, share your favorite sewing creation.
23. List five things you can do to brighten up someone’s day.
24. What does courage mean to you?
25. What was the hardest part of being a kid?
26. Tell us about someone you wish you could see again.
27. National Parent’s Day! What is the most important lesson you learned from your parents?
28. What are your rules for courteous cell phone use?
29. What are your favorite quotes?
30. How do you balance life, work, family, and fun?
31. What is the best book you read this month?

Topics for June

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Writing topics for June can be found here by the month, week, or the day.

June is:

• Aquarium Month
• Candy Month
• Dairy Month
• Fight the Filthy Fly Month
• Gay Pride Month
• National Accordion Awareness Month
• National Adopt a Cat Month
• National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
• Rose Month
• Turkey Lovers Month

Weekly Events:

• Week 1 Fishing Week
• Week 2 Email Week

1 Dare Day/ Flip a Coin Day
2 National Bubba Day/National Rocky Road Day
3 Repeat Day (I said "Repeat Day")
4 Applesauce Cake Day/Hug Your Cat Day/Old Maid's Day
5 National Doughnut Day always the first Friday in June/World Environment Day
6 National Gardening Exercise Day/National Trails Day First Saturday in June/National Yo-Yo Day
7 National Chocolate Ice Cream Day/National What Day
8 Best Friends Day/Name Your Poison Day
9 Donald Duck Day/Where do you go when you need solitude?
10 Iced Tea Day/Summer reading time! What books do you plan to read this summer?
11 National Corn on the Cob Day/Summer reading time! What books do you plan to read this summer?
12 Red Rose Day/What is one thing you always splurge on?
13 Sewing Machine Day/Share how a hard experience made you stronger or wiser.
14 Flag Day/What are you looking forward to this summer?
15 Smile Power Day/What is the most important thing you learned from your grandparents?
16 Fresh Veggies Day/What is your first memory?
17 Eat Your Vegetable's Day/What is your first memory?
18 Ramadan/Make a gratitude list.
19 Flip flops or bare feet?
20 When did you learn how to swim?
21 Father's Day/Go Skate Day/Finally Summer Day- Summer Solstice/Does color change your mood?
22 National Chocolate Eclair Day/Does color change your mood?
23 National Columnists Day/National Pink Day/Tell us about something you found
24 Swim a Lap Day/When did you learn how to swim?
25 Log Cabin Day/National Catfish Day/What are your five can’t-miss blogs? Write about them, and share some link love.
26 Beautician's Day/Forgiveness Day/What did you do the summer after high school?
27 Sun Glasses Day/How do you express your creativity?
28 Insurance Awareness Day - Now who do you think invented that!?!/Paul Bunyan Day/Is there someone you need to forgive or something for which you would like forgiveness?
29 Camera Day/Hug Holiday/Waffle Iron Day/What is your favorite thing about social media
30 Meteor Day/Give us a taste of summer – either through a recipe, or a memory or story that expresses summer to you.

Today, I don't feel like writing because

Today, I don't feel like writing because I feel like no one is taking the time to read what I have written. If they did read what I wrote it would be nice to see some kind of comment, even if it does say, "hey, I came and read your article." I don't even get that. I take my time to write here on my blogs and as well on World Famous Writers. I wrote one article on WFW and only one person left a comment. I feel like I am wasting my time. I don't even know why I am sticking around. It may never turn into a paying site like it was meant to be. Yes, I am being doubtful now, or I may be being realistic. I don't know. I'm just so frustrated at the moment. I don't want to push my frustration on that writing site and get others scared and defensive. I don't know what to feel anymore. I know I'm tired of being the only one that is trying to make this site work. It doesn't even feel like the owners are trying, at least I don't see much effort on my side of what they are doing. Like I said I am just frustrated. If this site goes down then my writing is going out the window as well. I give up after this. Writing will never be the same. I should have given up a long time ago. 

I love writing for World Famous Writers. I love the owners, they are great people. I even enjoy reading articles from other writers, even if they do talk a little too much about god. These people have feelings too. I think I may be harsh to a couple of them and I am sorry for that. 

Dear Journal

We all know people write for different reasons and may not have the same goal as another writer. Journal writing is something that is done by many different people across the globe. When writing a journal the writer might decide on various ways to start their journal entry. Some may start as "Dear Journal" or "Dear Diary" while others just write the date down and begin writing. Everyone has the same goal and that is to express their feelings. Letting out any frustrations that the writer may have. Writing is very therapeutic and a great way to let out some frustrations. 

102 Writing prompts

Dream Fairy, Where Are You?
To remember your dreams better, write a brief note to your Dream Fairy, read it and put it under your pillow. When you wake and write about your dreams in your Journal, add a big thank you to your DF. Then each night thereafter, read the note and return it to its place under your pillow. Write a new note when you feel like its time!

From Nathan Ohren's Dream Journaling e-Workshop

Dear Journal
Your Journal is an ongoing "come-as-you-are" party. When you're bonkers, bothered or bored or need to find your way back to the center, pull out a pen and free write, write, write. Anytime.

• How you and your best friend met
• The bravest moment of your life
• What makes your parents special
• The experience of overcoming a fear
• The moment your life changed forever
• Why you can succeed in life
• A difficult choice you have made
• A place that is special to you
• The experience of being let down by a friend
• A failure you experienced
• A disappointment you had
• A surprising turn of events you experienced
• Your favorite period of time
• A place you always try to avoid
• If you had power, what you would do with it
• What super power you choose to have
• If you could change someone’s life
• How money matters for your life
• Where would you go hide
• The biggest loss you have experienced
• If you could have a do-over
• Words that stung
• A book that has changed your life
• When you have the desire of running away
• When you have the urge of hiding in a hole
• The proudest moment of your life
• When you were taught a lesson by a child
• Words that prompted hope
• If your dog or cat could talk
• Your favorite time with family
• If you could invent something
• If you could live in a different country
• What the world would be like in 100 years
• If you lived 100 years ago
• The animal you would like to be
• The greatest movie moment
• One thing you would change about the world
• If you could change one thing about yourself
• The type of teacher you want to be
• If you could live anywhere
• A museum you’d like to visit
• If you could become a building
• Something a robot could never do
• An animal that could be in charge of the world
• The greatest discovery
• Your most fortunate day
• Your secret love
• Your secret talent
• The ugliest thing you have seen
• The most beautiful thing you have seen
• An accident which changed everything
• Something you have witnessed
• A right choice
• A wrong choice
• How you would spend a million dollars
• The meaning of color
• If you could start a charity
• Your favorite gift
• A close call
• A secret place
• A hard lesson
• An unexplained event
• Something you can’t resist
• A visitor that you can’t forget
• The longest moment you ever had
• An awkward social moment
• A near death experience
• The hardest news you had to deliver
• A special morning
• A kiss that meant a lot
• Why you will never tell a lie
• When you needed a hug

May topics To Write About

These are topics for me to write about in the month of May. Of course, I might add more topics before May gets here. 

National holidays for the month

- Date Your Mate Month
- Foster Care Month
- National Barbecue Month
- National Bike Month
- National Blood Pressure Month
- National Hamburger Month
- National Photograph Month
- National Recommitment Month
- National Salad Month
- Older Americans Month

Topics to write each day

1. Are you superstitious?
2. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
3. When was the last time you did volunteer work?
4. Would you be willing to live "off the grid"?
5. Cinco de Mayo/What is your favorite Mexican meal?
6. How old were you when you got your first computer?
7. What slang word or phrase is most overused?
8. What was the last book you read?
9. Lost Sock Memorial Day/What is your favorite quote?
10. Mother's Day/What is the last song to get stuck in your head?
11. Eat What you want Day/What would your obituary say?
12. If you could ask me one question, and I had to answer you truthfully, what would you want to know?
13. If I could create a new flavor of ice cream it would be
14. Dance Like A Chicken Day
15. National Chocolate chip Day/Do you believe that older Americans are treated with enough respect today?
16.  Hug A tree Day/wear purple for peace
17. Packrat day/What is your favorite type of hamburger or veggie burger?
18. visit your relatives day/What is you favorite breakfast food?
19. Have you ever performed a random act of kindness?
20. Pick Strawberries Day/What scares you?
21. Three things you’d do if you weren’t so afraid.
22. Buy a musical Instrument Day/What was the biggest mistake you made this week?
23. International Jazz Day/Mystery
24. National Escargot Day/Ghosts
25. Memorial Day/National Missing children's Day
26. Sally Ride Day/What's on my mind right now?
27. Sun Screen Day/Today, I don't feel like writing because
28. National Burger Day/"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear." ~Joan Didion
29. Learn about composting Day/John F. Kennedy's Birthday
30. Water a Flower Day/Begin a Journaling entry with: The lies you tell yourself are the hardest to forgive. ~Kim Moss
31. World No Tobacco Day/In your Journal, write your name in capital letters in a vertical line down the page. For each letter of your name, write down a positive quality or attribute you possess. Go ahead...do it for your whole name. Dare ya!

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http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/may.htm

New Blog On WordPress

I went ahead and set up a new blog using WordPress. I am trying to see which one I like the best. Of course, WordPress is a little harder to use since there are more things to do and use, I find it more of a learning experience. I actually like using the WordPress design better. There are more choices to choose from than here on Blogger. It looks more professional. I still have a lot to learn, but I am ready for that learning process. So I might get to a point and switch all of these posts over to the WordPress blog. Don't worry though because the name is still the same there. I will eventually get my own domain for the site. That would be even nice. https://mywildadventureswhileblogging.wordpress.com/

Things To Write in April

I am planning to write about a certain topic each day in the month of April. Anyone is welcome to write on the same topic each day as well. If you decide to write on a topic please leave me a link to your article in the comments so I can read them as well. It is always good to have a different perspective on things and I like reading what others may have to say.

1. April Fool's Day 
2. National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day 
3. The best part about Spring is 
4. The Best Thing about a Rainy Day 
5. How do you celebrate Easter? 
6. Have you ever been stung by a bee or other insect? 
7. National No Housework Day 
8. Create a top ten list of favorite spring activities. your favorite activity should be #1. 
9. Name yourself Day 
10. National Siblings Day 
11. National Garden Month /National Pet Day
12. Your favorite movies/D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything And Read) 
13. Your favorite songs/
14. Nobody knows that I
15. Three things you can't go without/Tax Day
16. How do you deal with anger?/Stress Awareness Day
17. If you could live anywhere you wanted, where would you live?
18. What was your favorite cartoon?/
19. When did you feel truly independent for the first time?/Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day 
20. What would you ask for if a genie granted you three wishes?/National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day
21. Who made you feel good this week? 
22. As a child, who was your favorite relative?/Earth Day
23. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?/Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
24. If you could have dinner with anyone currently living, who would it be?/Arbor Day 
25. 10 games I like/love and why./Save the Frogs Day
26. Three things you want in a relationship./Hug a Friend Day
27. Three pet peeves./Tell a Story Day
28. Your favorite books./National Blueberry Pie Day
29. What is your take on Soul mates?/World Wish Day
30. Dear Future me/Bugs Bunny Day/Honesty Day

What am I doing wrong?

I am trying my best to make this blog work by using Adsense, but I don't know what I am doing wrong on here. I have tried reading more about Adsense and how it works, I still don't understand everything. I would ask Kisser from BestWriters.net but, he is always busy. I know he knows more about using AdSense. Maybe I need to switch to a WordPress type blog instead of using blogger? I wish I had someone to ask these questions to. I know my ads are in a good spot and I'm using the right type of ads. I'm still not earning anything from them. I wish I could get more traffic to my site as well.

The Best Thing about a Rainy Day

The best thing about a rainy day is nothing is limited to just one thing. You have unlimited options to choose from at any given moment. Some of the things that I like to do on a rainy day are listed below but are not limited to:

1. Watching movies.
2. Reading a good book.
3. Taking a nap.
4. Writing an article or articles for a blog.
5. Create a video vlog.
6. Play a board game with my kids.
7. Play video games.
8. Video Chat with friends on Google Hangout.
9. Bake something from a new recipe. 
10. Make a photo collage. 

So as you can see from above those are only a few options of some things that I like to do when it rains. 

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Best Writers is Still Alive

Yes, you have read correctly, Best Writers is still alive and is still operating, although the site had to make some minor changes that I personally think should have been made when it was first created. Anyone that has any business knowledge knows that it takes time for that company to build any income where ever that income may be coming from. It takes longer than three weeks or a month to build up this income to start paying anyone, who may be working on that site. Ads that pay are strange and the rates need to be set to according how the ads pay. In some places, the ads pay more than others, this has nothing to do with the site but the ads themselves and the people they represent. 

I personally think Best Writers has what it takes to be one of the best paying sites once the ads start paying and the money start coming in. I believe we have some great writers and we are looking for more great writers to join us. 

Do you use Bubblews?

I was introduced to website about a month ago called Bubblews. This website lets you write anything that you feel like writing. It does have some rules that must be followed. The rules are listed below:

We have the right to remove (and not pay out) any account that partakes in the conduct listed below:

1. Submitting content that you did not write yourself. Copying content from other websites around the internet is stealing and Bubblews will never pay you for that.

2. Abusing our likes/views/comment system by partaking in exchange groups and requesting for them through other Bubblews' members.

3. Utilizing Traffic Exchange, Bots, Proxies, Virtual Private Network and other forms of IP manipulation is stealing from Bubblews.

4. Submitting posts that only contain pictures and/or containing very limited text is prohibited as this is not content our advertisers like to pay for.

5. Posting Pornographic/semi-pornographic images and/or content to Bubblews.

6. Posting LESS THAN 400 characters per post.

7. Posting material not written in English (Only exception is if you supplement your post with an English translation).

8. Posting links within your bubbles to cite/source/enhance your work is fine, but please do not post Referral or Affiliate links to other websites. Use your best discretion and if you are unsure please email in.

If you follow all of the rules and once you hit $50 in your bank then you can hit the redemption

button that is found on the bank page. All payments are made through Pay Pal. 

It is also good to try and make connections with other bubblers. You can do this by connecting with them and liking their articles, as well as commenting on their articles. When you do this, then other people will notice you and will read more of your articles. 

Source: http://www.bubblews.com/terms
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