Home Page Writing Tutorial Services 
Coaching for home schooled students and educators in the art and craft of written communication  

  About Michelle
I'm a free-lance writer with a wide variety of published work to my credit:
I home schooled my 3 children for 13 years. All 3 are now young adults. At the start of our home school adventure, I began sharing what the Lord had been teaching me about written communication with groups of kids in our local co:op. After surveying the available materials designed to help students really engage with each step of the writing process, and finding nothing that fit the bill, I created my own materials. This curriculum reflected confidence-building sequential discovery on the part of the young writers with whom I worked, sparked by lots of encouraging feedback from me.

I began getting requests for the same sort of interactive writing instruction from families who lived too far away to attend the writing courses I offered. In 2001, I began tailoring the coursework to fit an e-mail tutorial format. Home Page Writing Tutorial Services is the happy result.

In 2009, I edited and expanded these original materials to include additional instruction based on the feedback I'd gotten from the numerous students with whom I've worked over the years. The materials are more user-friendly than ever! Click on the "Course Descriptions" button at right for detail about the services I offer.

My own calling as a writer is rooted in the words of Psalm 45:1, paraphrased beautifully by author Eugene Peterson: "My heart bursts its banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the King, shaping the river into words..." As my own heart overflows with the worth and beauty of God, it is my desire that the words I speak and write be grace-shaped, powerful and true.

If you'd like samples of my published work, curriculum samples or recommendations from parents of the students with whom I've worked, please feel free to contact me: mishvl@yahoo.com.
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