Carrie M.
- Danville, CA 94526 ( 11 mi )
- Expert Writing Tutor
- Female Age 45
- Member Since: 11/2012
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $35.00 to $50.00 /hr
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- Also Tutors: English, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
Writing is one of my top subjects! I have been writing since I could hold a pencil. What I love most about writing is that it combines my love of language with my love of visual art. I can create images with words! This love lead me to a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing/Poetry, numerous private workshops with world renowned writers, and dozens of original poems published in literary journals around the country. My writing experience includes essays (in any subject), fiction, nonfiction, and creative nonfiction. I am also an editor and a ghostwriter.
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing--specifically poetry. Dozens of my poems have been published in print and online. I am a founding editor of The California Journal of Poetics for which I write, edit, and publish book reviews, interviews, essays, criticism, and other bits and pieces about poets and their writing. I have also taken several graduate level courses and workshops in the writing of novels, short stories, micro-fiction, and creative nonfiction. I have worked with some of the best writers in the world. I was the recipient of a creative writing scholarship and a creative writing fellowship during my undergraduate studies.
I do not have any formal teaching experience but after dozens of workshops, wherein the writers had to share and critique each other's work, I learned how to communicate praise, suggestions, criticisms, ... read more