Deanna Mascle
@deannamascle.bsky.social
I write. I teach. I lead a National Writing Project site. https://deannamascle.com/
My online first year writers are giving our logbook so much love in their final reflections. I love how much the logbook creates community among writers who never meet in person.
Logbook Love : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/logbook-love/
Logbook Love : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/logbook-love/
December 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My online first year writers are giving our logbook so much love in their final reflections. I love how much the logbook creates community among writers who never meet in person.
Logbook Love : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/logbook-love/
Logbook Love : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/logbook-love/
Student reflection:
...when we got to review and comment with others, I really enjoyed connecting with others. It helped me grow my confidence in being okay with sharing...
Reflective Feedback Loops : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/reflective-f...
...when we got to review and comment with others, I really enjoyed connecting with others. It helped me grow my confidence in being okay with sharing...
Reflective Feedback Loops : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/reflective-f...
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Student reflection:
...when we got to review and comment with others, I really enjoyed connecting with others. It helped me grow my confidence in being okay with sharing...
Reflective Feedback Loops : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/reflective-f...
...when we got to review and comment with others, I really enjoyed connecting with others. It helped me grow my confidence in being okay with sharing...
Reflective Feedback Loops : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/reflective-f...
[T]his course pushed me to pay closer attention to how I work and why I make certain choices as a writer. The focus on reflection and purpose helped me understand my writing process in a way I had not really thought about before. metawriting.deannamascle.com/its-a-journe...
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
[T]his course pushed me to pay closer attention to how I work and why I make certain choices as a writer. The focus on reflection and purpose helped me understand my writing process in a way I had not really thought about before. metawriting.deannamascle.com/its-a-journe...
All semester I have celebrated my Friday workshops but reading student reflections stating the conversations we had during these sessions as a highlight of their first semester of college is very worthy of celebration. Relationships matter! metawriting.deannamascle.com/crafting-in-...
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All semester I have celebrated my Friday workshops but reading student reflections stating the conversations we had during these sessions as a highlight of their first semester of college is very worthy of celebration. Relationships matter! metawriting.deannamascle.com/crafting-in-...
Yesterday I read a student reflection with the file name "Thank You" and that is what I'm talking about when I argue for centering humanity in our classrooms.
Centering Humanity : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/centering-hu...
Centering Humanity : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/centering-hu...
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yesterday I read a student reflection with the file name "Thank You" and that is what I'm talking about when I argue for centering humanity in our classrooms.
Centering Humanity : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/centering-hu...
Centering Humanity : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/centering-hu...
Student reflection:
I walked in not believing in my writing abilities, I’m walking out with a different perspective. I am proud of myself and the work I did. I'm leaving with skills and confidence I didn’t have before.
Believe the Writer : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...
I walked in not believing in my writing abilities, I’m walking out with a different perspective. I am proud of myself and the work I did. I'm leaving with skills and confidence I didn’t have before.
Believe the Writer : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Student reflection:
I walked in not believing in my writing abilities, I’m walking out with a different perspective. I am proud of myself and the work I did. I'm leaving with skills and confidence I didn’t have before.
Believe the Writer : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...
I walked in not believing in my writing abilities, I’m walking out with a different perspective. I am proud of myself and the work I did. I'm leaving with skills and confidence I didn’t have before.
Believe the Writer : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...
Student reflection:
One of the biggest ways I grew as a writer was learning to revise with intention. Instead of seeing revision as “fixing mistakes,” I began seeing it as strengthening my message. I learned to embrace feedback rather than fear it. metawriting.deannamascle.com/crafting-in-...
One of the biggest ways I grew as a writer was learning to revise with intention. Instead of seeing revision as “fixing mistakes,” I began seeing it as strengthening my message. I learned to embrace feedback rather than fear it. metawriting.deannamascle.com/crafting-in-...
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Student reflection:
One of the biggest ways I grew as a writer was learning to revise with intention. Instead of seeing revision as “fixing mistakes,” I began seeing it as strengthening my message. I learned to embrace feedback rather than fear it. metawriting.deannamascle.com/crafting-in-...
One of the biggest ways I grew as a writer was learning to revise with intention. Instead of seeing revision as “fixing mistakes,” I began seeing it as strengthening my message. I learned to embrace feedback rather than fear it. metawriting.deannamascle.com/crafting-in-...
Student reflection:
Even though writing is still not something I love, I surprised myself with some of the things I wrote this semester. Sometimes I would finish an assignment and think, “Wow, I didn’t even know I could write like that.”
Starting Write : metawriting.deannamascle.com/starting-wri...
Even though writing is still not something I love, I surprised myself with some of the things I wrote this semester. Sometimes I would finish an assignment and think, “Wow, I didn’t even know I could write like that.”
Starting Write : metawriting.deannamascle.com/starting-wri...
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Student reflection:
Even though writing is still not something I love, I surprised myself with some of the things I wrote this semester. Sometimes I would finish an assignment and think, “Wow, I didn’t even know I could write like that.”
Starting Write : metawriting.deannamascle.com/starting-wri...
Even though writing is still not something I love, I surprised myself with some of the things I wrote this semester. Sometimes I would finish an assignment and think, “Wow, I didn’t even know I could write like that.”
Starting Write : metawriting.deannamascle.com/starting-wri...
I work hard to build community in both online and in-person classes and it makes me so happy to read student reflections celebrating the importance of that community.
Creating a Joyfully Authentic Community : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/creating-a-j...
Creating a Joyfully Authentic Community : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/creating-a-j...
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I work hard to build community in both online and in-person classes and it makes me so happy to read student reflections celebrating the importance of that community.
Creating a Joyfully Authentic Community : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/creating-a-j...
Creating a Joyfully Authentic Community : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/creating-a-j...
Over and over my students note the power of story to change the world and that is definitely a lesson worth teaching. metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Over and over my students note the power of story to change the world and that is definitely a lesson worth teaching. metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
I am in the thick of reading final reflections and discovered the delight of discovering my students find these things delightful too!
Teaching Delight : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/teaching-del...
Teaching Delight : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/teaching-del...
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I am in the thick of reading final reflections and discovered the delight of discovering my students find these things delightful too!
Teaching Delight : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/teaching-del...
Teaching Delight : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/teaching-del...
Our final days together will be marked with showcases and reflections and that makes me happy and proud – but I will miss these writers. metawriting.deannamascle.com/wrapping-wri...
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Our final days together will be marked with showcases and reflections and that makes me happy and proud – but I will miss these writers. metawriting.deannamascle.com/wrapping-wri...
I want my students to understand that writing is a human to human conversation that transcends space and time. metawriting.deannamascle.com/authentic-te...
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I want my students to understand that writing is a human to human conversation that transcends space and time. metawriting.deannamascle.com/authentic-te...
the right metaphor for writing is journey and not process metawriting.deannamascle.com/its-a-journe...
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the right metaphor for writing is journey and not process metawriting.deannamascle.com/its-a-journe...
Do you want your students to focus on a product or a process? metawriting.deannamascle.com/deliverables...
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Do you want your students to focus on a product or a process? metawriting.deannamascle.com/deliverables...
If you assign rote, meaningless work then who is really to blame if your students use AI to generate it? metawriting.deannamascle.com/did-you-ever...
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you assign rote, meaningless work then who is really to blame if your students use AI to generate it? metawriting.deannamascle.com/did-you-ever...
students reported over and over that the writing was interesting to them because it was about their lives metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
students reported over and over that the writing was interesting to them because it was about their lives metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
I will bitterly miss this community of writers metawriting.deannamascle.com/wrapping-wri...
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I will bitterly miss this community of writers metawriting.deannamascle.com/wrapping-wri...
...every day of this What If journey has been so much fun as I watch my students create and innovate. This is what teaching writing and rhetoric should be like all the time. metawriting.deannamascle.com/low-stakes-w...
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
...every day of this What If journey has been so much fun as I watch my students create and innovate. This is what teaching writing and rhetoric should be like all the time. metawriting.deannamascle.com/low-stakes-w...
Yesterday was a delightful day of writing and sharing with my students because we used poetry to inspire us!
How Do I Use Poetry In Comp Class? Let me count the ways... : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...
How Do I Use Poetry In Comp Class? Let me count the ways... : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Yesterday was a delightful day of writing and sharing with my students because we used poetry to inspire us!
How Do I Use Poetry In Comp Class? Let me count the ways... : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...
How Do I Use Poetry In Comp Class? Let me count the ways... : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...
I told my students my main criteria for their What If project was for them to delight me, but really I just want them to be delighted by the process of creation and then I will be delighted with its product. metawriting.deannamascle.com/writing-slant/
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I told my students my main criteria for their What If project was for them to delight me, but really I just want them to be delighted by the process of creation and then I will be delighted with its product. metawriting.deannamascle.com/writing-slant/
One of the greatest gifts is reading in students’ reflections that they believe they are writers because I believed in them first. metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One of the greatest gifts is reading in students’ reflections that they believe they are writers because I believed in them first. metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...
this simple bell ringer and community builder practice checks all my boxes and offers so many benefits I cannot, I repeat I cannot, recommend it enough. It is definitely an amazing twofer for any teacher – but especially writing teachers. metawriting.deannamascle.com/bell-ringers...
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
this simple bell ringer and community builder practice checks all my boxes and offers so many benefits I cannot, I repeat I cannot, recommend it enough. It is definitely an amazing twofer for any teacher – but especially writing teachers. metawriting.deannamascle.com/bell-ringers...
I want my students to understand that writing is a human to human conversation that transcends space and time. I spend every semester demonstrating the joys of joining that conversation. metawriting.deannamascle.com/authentic-te...
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I want my students to understand that writing is a human to human conversation that transcends space and time. I spend every semester demonstrating the joys of joining that conversation. metawriting.deannamascle.com/authentic-te...
This week my students are noticing - especially listening - and creating some wonderful writing along the way.
What If We Told the Story of Our Values : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
What If We Told the Story of Our Values : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This week my students are noticing - especially listening - and creating some wonderful writing along the way.
What If We Told the Story of Our Values : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...
What If We Told the Story of Our Values : Metawriting metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...