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7 Genre Writing Collections to Transform Your Creative Writing Lessons (With 30 Daily Prompts Each!)
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7 Genre Writing Collections to Transform Your Creative Writing Lessons (With 30 Daily Prompts Each!)

Creative writing is exciting for some students and existential for others — especially when faced with a blank page. Genre prompts change that dynamic entirely. In this post, I’m sharing seven complete genre collections (plus a free one!) that make daily writing actually work in real classrooms.

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