A teaching mindset -- "I don't know what to teach this student. he's a much better writer than I am" -- I can't seem to get my students to stay writing unless I'm sitting beside them" -- I'm not sure how to work with students new to English" -- "I'm finding some student writing repetitive and boring" -- "I don't feel prepared to work with a student with such big challenges" -- "I never have enough time" -- "I need more resources" -- "I teach grammar but my kids don't learn it" -- "I feel alone in my work. no one else I know teaches using the writing workshop model" -- "I have trouble getting families to understand writing workshop" -- "I want kids to write about what they care about, but so much of what they care about feels brainless and superficial to me" -- Name your monster -- Five shockingly easy ways to constantly outgrow yourself as a teacher of writing.