October 2010
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"Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes
The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you-- Then, it will be true. (click to read more)
Oct 25th
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"Adjectives of Order" by Alexandra Teague
That summer, she had a student who was obsessed with the order of adjectives. A soldier in the South Vietnamese army, he had been taken prisoner when Saigon fell. He wanted to know why the order could not be altered. The sweltering city streets shook with rockets and helicopters. The city sweltering streets. On the dusty brown field of the chalkboard, she wrote: The mother took warm...
Oct 25th
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Biographies and Butlers
Someone asked P. G. Wodehouse if he’d ever had a butler like Jeeves. He said that he hadn’t but J. M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, had. This blogger reviews several biographies for more clues. Are there any people in your life who ought to be characters in novels?
Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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There was a perfectly formed spiderweb under each eave. #amwriting
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Prompt #13
nanoprompt: How does your protagonist meet three of your various supporting characters? Who are these characters and what do they serve to the plot? Are they friends? Mentors? Enemies? Crazy ninjas? Why are they important supporting characters?
Oct 20th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 18th
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Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival →
This takes place in Harbin, China.
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