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Pisgah High students get inspired by real author

Dr. Donna Glee Williams, author and fellow at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee, recently paid a visit to a World Literature class at Pisgah High School to talk about writing.

Williams newly-published young adult literary fantasy novel The Braided Path follows allegorical characters who live in a vertical landscape as a society of craftspeople. 

Williams talked to students about the writing process and encouaged them to write about their own experiences, to record details, not just what they saw but what they felt — and to trust themselves as writers. At NCCAT, Williams coaches and trains teachers all over the state to motivate and inspire their own students in the field of writing.

“I’ve become more and more aware that literacy skills — reading, writing, and speaking — take the kind of intense practice that students will only get if they enjoy the process enough to keep doing it, over and over again,” Williams said.

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