September Writer’s Night – Strengthen Your Writing: Using Metacognitive Reading Strategies as a Writer with Maria E. Cuthbert

Writing with your readers in mind as you write, or as you revise, can be a strong basis for attractive pieces of creative writing.

What is there about reading that we could be catching as we write? What are some phantom strategies we need to acknowledge?

Maria E. Cuthbert will present “Metacognitive Reading Strategies” where you can analyze strategies used by readers before, during, and after reading.

Previewing these strategies can make you a stronger writer, and make it easier for you to reach the readers’ minds.

Speaker Bio

Maria E. Cuthbert is a writer, graphite artist, a linguist, and a former professor of languages. She is the founder of the Dual Immersion Academy in Grand Junction, Colorado. She has coauthored English and French textbooks based on reading for the University of Pedagogy used throughout Mexico. She has a book of poems, “Siglos de Aire,” 2010, and has been included in an anthology of poetry in Spain, “Mar de Nubes,” where she has participated in global festivals. Her poetic work is discussed in “Surco de Libros,” by Jaime Velazquez, based on top writers. She published a bilingual online magazine, Latinoticias MC, from 2010 to 2013 including work by international writers, artists, and other celebrities. She has written for several newspapers in Colorado.

Maria has taught English, Spanish, French, and writing in different schools and universities, and has translated from Italian and Portuguese also. At present, she is part of the MIT Writers’ Group where she focuses mainly on poetry. She participates in a group for the conservation of French with international members as well, and occasionally presents artistic work at the Art Center of Western Colorado. She has lived in Grand Junction since 1998, where she became a U.S. Citizen in 2005.