Write Like Dad

As part of a graduate class assignment, I'm asking students to tweet (280 characters or fewer) daily on Creative Nonfiction's twitter feed for the month of February on the subject of their own literacy experiences or their literacy teaching experiences. I have challenged myself to do the same. @CNFOnline selects from contributions to publish in their hardcopy magazine or on their twitter account under the title Tiny Truths. Today they selected one of my tweets to publish; it follows: "When I grow up, I wanna be a writer like you, Dad," says my oldest. "Cool," I say. I must be doing something right. "Why's that?" I ask. "Well, all you do is sit at the window and stare out." Yup. That's about it. #cnftweet #thewritinglife