I write because it makes me feel better. I wish I could write. I started a novel and about two-thirds of the way through and I just can't decide what to do with it. So that's been put aside for a few years but I write just to express myself. I write to say things that I couldn't say out loud. What do I do when students looking at a piece of blank paper and they don't know what to do? I start off with a little technique called bada bing. I have the kids say I have a picture of where they are, what they see and what they're thinking at that moment and bringing themselves into the writing and that way I get them going from their perspective and if once they can make a connection to the writing they open up. They're more willing to write and they want to write.