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Fifth Draft

Learning To Be A Professional Writer

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Robert Acosta

Robert Acosta is a former 5th grade teacher who wants to tell stories about Mexican kids who save the world. His freelance work appeared on George Takei’s family of websites, but now he’s a stay-at-home dad to twin sons and a toddler, all under the age of five, which means he survives on stories, caffeine, and showcasing his mediocre Pokemon battle skills.

Project Update #1 and Writing In Different Styles

This seemed like a good time to do a writing project check in.

Break It Down Season 0 | The Problem With “Titans” And Myth of the Everyreader

"Titans," the new series from the upcoming DC Universe app, had it's trailer premiere yesterday at San Diego Comic Con, and it is....definitely a thing that happened....

Writing Skill-Grid #6: Show, Don’t Tell

Time to level up and add another orb to my Writer Skill-Grid!

Choosing Who To Unfollow

I know this, because I followed many of these pages for years. And, recently, I've unfollowed a great deal of them.

Real Life Happens

Time gets taken from you. There's no stopping it. What's worse is when you realize it.

Giving Yourself Time

We push ourselves, amateurs especially, to work all the time all day long.

Writing Skill-Grid: #5

Time to level up and add another orb to my Writer Skill-Grid!

What’s In My Bag: #1

Just to share what I use as a traveling at-home private educator and an on-the-go freelance writer, here's what's in my bag:

Write Against The Tide

Turns out, when your country is comfortable putting kids in cages, your writing spirit can be ripped out of you.

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