Welcome to Rally Writers

Is your child or teenager a reluctant writer ?

Don’t panic. Grab my free book, Help Your Reluctant Writer, today:

How can I help you?

I help reluctant writers improve their confidence and creativity by teaching them to write well. I do this through:

Resources

Free books and articles packed with practical, evidence-based tips and strategies.

Rally Writers Championships

My self-paced Rally Writers Championship, made up of Core Modules I call “Cups”.

The Rally Writers Championship Courses:

We help reluctant writers improve their confidence and creativity by teaching them to write well.

1. Start Your Engines: How to Write a Simple Sentence

You can’t write a paragraph, report, or story if you can’t write a simple sentence! Join our self-paced, no-nonsense bootcamp to learn exactly how to do it!

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2. The FANBOYS Cup: How to Write Compound Sentences

In this course we teach students of all ages to write compound sentences featuring the coordinating conjunctions “and”, “but”, “or”, “so”, “yet”, “nor”, and “for”: the FANBOYS!

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3. The Complex Sentence Cup: How to Write Complex Sentences

In this course we teach students of all ages to write complex sentences featuring the subordinating conjunctions “because”, “if”, “while”, “until”, “unless”, “before”, “after”, and “although”.

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Click to read our latest articles

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Why and how we should teach students to write compound sentences with The ‘FANBOYS’ coordinating conjunctions
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My school-age child can’t write properly! How to help, including a practical (free) exercise you can use today
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Dysgraphia: significant difficulties with handwriting, spelling, and/or written expression. FAQs on signs, assessment, diagnosis, and support
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Persuasive writing is about much more than PEEL, TEEL, NAPLAN, the HSC – or any other acronym!
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Help primary school students learn to write with sentence-combining practice
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How to help a disorganised student: some practical ideas and resources

More FREE Resources:

  • Real World Writing: “I’ll never need to write in the real world” – get my detailed response for your reluctant writer!
  • Writing Adjustments: Adjustments and accommodations are not enough! Get my other free ebook. 

About David Kinnane

Hi! I’m David Kinnane. I’ve been writing professionally for my whole career. Not novels, screenplays, or news features. But, as a lawyer and, then, as a speech-language pathologist, I’ve built my whole career – everything I’ve achieved – on my writing skills. 

For more than a decade, I’ve worked with reluctant writers. I’ve increased their confidence, motivation, and creativity by teaching them to write well. 

I started Rally Writers to help busy parents of reluctant writers, like you, and teachers, to help reluctant writers who would prefer to learn to write at their own pace. 

To get you started, I’ve written a free book packed with practical ideas I’ve learned over the years about supporting reluctant writers and tools to help. 

If you want to learn more about me, check out my clinic profile here.