1st Edition

Living the Life of a Writer 6 Practices Student Writers Have, Know, and Do

By Jen Vincent Copyright 2026
136 Pages 23 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 23 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Jen Vincent believes everyone is a writer. This conviction has long been her secret to success in classrooms and workshops where she empowers writers of all ages. In Living the Life of a Writer , Vincent shifts the focus of writing instruction from the writing to the writer—guiding teachers so they can help students boldly face the blank page and move through their writing process with... Read more

1. Writers Have a Way to Collect  2. Writers Have a Writer’s Mindset Chapter  3. Writers Know Writing Is a Process  4. Writers Know Strategies to Help them Write  5. Writers Explore  6. Writers Celebrate

Biography

Jen Vincent (she/her/ella) celebrates the human experience through writing. With extensive experience in special education, curriculum development, instructional technology integration, teacher coaching, and working with multilingual learners, she currently serves as a sixth–eighth-grade Middle School Language Arts Teacher for Bannockburn School, a K-8 district in a northern suburb of Chicago. Vincent is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early/Middle Childhood Literacy and the founder of Story Exploratory, where she offers workshops, coaching, and professional development to help writers explore what it means to live the life of a writer. Learn more at storyexploratory.com and at @storyexploratory on Instagram.