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Creative Writing
No! Short stories are not Novels. This is how to write a short story.
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Writing short stories is a great way to kick-start your writing career. Why? Simple… because it poses the same set of challenges and questions you’ll …
mthungeradded this to Court of Leaves
Education
Where has the joy of writing gone and how do we get it back for our children?
theconversation.com - Edwin Creely and Fleur Diamond
NAPLAN results indicate a decline in students’ ability to write. Outcomes in literacy, including writing, affect student achievement across multiple …
Dylan O'Dailyadded this to Game Of Thrones
Game of Thrones
George RR Martin's New Book, Fire and Blood, Is Getting Some Seriously Mixed Reviews
mentalfloss.com - BY Natalie Zamora
Many fans of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, a.k.a. the books that inspired HBO's smash hit Game of Thrones, were extremely peeved …
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Artworks
Writing workshop helps veterans with trauma
MSNBC - Morning Joe
The veterans group at Community Building Art Works helps veterans work through trauma, and actor and producer Jeffrey Wright documents the program in …
jajaamarilloadded this to Tales from the Script
Screenwriting
Writing a Logline for a Character Driven Drama
blcklst.com - Scott Myers
“Who’s your Protagonist? What is the distinctive issue they’re confronting, the source of their conflict? What is at the emotional core of your …
One Year In—Writing the Novel: Rebecca Makkai
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After one year of writing my novel, I took stock of what I’d accomplished—which seemed like very little. Would writing always feel like flailing? How …
POPSUGAR
This Mom Started Writing Passive-Aggressive Notes on Her Kids' Lunch Bags, and LOL, Can She Write Us Some?
POPSUGAR - Rebecca Brown
Any parent with kindergarten- or grade-school-age kids can attest to the difficulties of getting everyone out of the house each morning. Whether it's getting the young ones to finish their breakfast, dressed,
Kimberly Tate-Louieadded this to Writing
Nanowrimo
4 Lessons I Learned from My First NaNoWriMo
writingcooperative.com - Elise Michal
Tackling this challenge for the first time kicked my butt!How long does it take you to write 1,667 words? An hour? Two hours? A couple of days? A …
The Wall Street Journal.
Logging
What to Wear to Work—When You Work at Home
The Wall Street Journal. - Christine Lennon
Working remotely—long the territory of slobby creatives—has become newly social thanks to co-working spaces and teleconferencing. Here’s how to upgrade your look without sacrificing comfort I WAS STANDING
Podcasting
Episode 22: Bridging the Academic-Public Divide Through Podcasts – What's New
whatsnewpodcast.org - by Jon Reed
There is something unusual and powerful about hearing someone’s ideas vocalized in an unscripted way. Because informal speech communicates …
Penguin Random House
Quest Academy students publish book with local author's help
dailyherald.com - Eileen O. Daday
Earlier this month, author Cynthea Liu appeared at Quest Academy in Palatine for a book signing, but she wasn't the writer of this book. Turns out, …
Travel Writing
Lee Foster Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer - The Book Designer
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Since bringing our Contributing Writers on board, I’ve been amazed at the great content they continue to contribute here week after week. And also …
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Viggo Mortensen
‘Green Book’ stars, screenwriter on film’s cultural significance (Part 2)
NBC News
Nick Vallelonga, Tony Lip’s son who wrote “Green Book” based on his father’s story, discusses with Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen what it was like to tell this story.
New Jersey
Letters Home: Writing Workshop for Veterans with Warrior Writers
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As part of the Letters Home project, national nonprofit Warrior Writers is facilitating a series of free writing workshops for veterans in 2018-19. …
Manchester
The failing school where pupils aren't taught in English, leave without proper qualifications and aren't prepared for 'life
manchestereveningnews.co.uk - Charlotte Dobson
A failing school where pupils are not taught in English, leave with no recognised qualifications and are not prepared for 'life in modern Britain' …
High School
What’s happening in Petaluma schools
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THE CHALKBOARD: Students part of big Veterans’ Day parade (1 of ) FACEBOOK PHOTO St. Vincent junior high school students joined with students from the …
Prince Harry
Peter Crouch says he ‘didn't react as well as he should have’ after Prince Harry asked him how he ‘bagged’ model Abbey Clancy
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Peter Crouch attends the National Book Awards at RIBA [Getty] Peter Crouch previously revealed cheeky Prince Harry one approached him in a changing …
Creative Writing
Ten Questions for Oyinkan Braithwaite
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This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Oyinkan Braithwaite, whose debut novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer, is out today from Doubleday. A …
Social Media
Everything You Need to Sell Your Boss on Business Blogging
hubspot.com - Paul Rios
You're an inbound marketing convert. You believe in the importance of creating relevant and interesting content for your prospects to consume. You've …
HampshireUnitSchooladded this to Elementary School
Grand Rapids
Elementary students 'going into the woods' for outdoor-classroom learning
mlive.com - By Monica Scott mscott2@mlive.com
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Eight-year-old Alice Schepers' favorite thing about school is "going into the woods" and "exploring and learning" outside the …
Research
Pauline Bakibinga's research Africa Research Excellence fund
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Dr Pauline Bakibinga trained in medicine, but chose to pursue a career in research after she qualified. “My decision to carry out clinical research …
Financial Services
Butterball Adds Alexa Skill to Talk Through Holiday Turkey Troubles
business2community.com - Owen Ray
Butterball’s Turkey Talk line has been helping home cooks save Thanksgiving for nearly 40 years. Now that people are more likely to have a smart …
Culver City
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Creative Writing
Diane Williams: The Collected Stories of Diane Williams - Between The Covers : Author Interviews : Today's Best Writers Fiction,
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Listen to Between The Covers : Author Interviews : Today's Best Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry -host David Naimon KBOO 90.7FM : A radio …
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Entertainment Industry
Paulist Productions Taps Veteran Exec Mike Sullivan As President
Deadline - Patrick Hipes
EXCLUSIVE: Paulist Productions, the Catholic production company whose TV movie Every Other Holiday, a co-production with MarVista Entertainment, airs …
Tennis
Tennis
Pro life from the perspective of Danielle Lao
Tennis - Tennis.com
"I told myself, Danielle, if you can make a Grand Slam qualifying [draw] you are totally overachieving in life." American pro Danielle Lao turns her …
Screenwriting
INTERVIEW: Screenwriter Steven Vitolo of Blackish on Breaking into TV and Creating Scriptation
scriptmag.com - Mike Sargent
Steven Vitolo speaks about his TV writing career, what it actually means to be a Script Coordinator vs. a Script supervisor vs. a Writer’s Assistant, …
Photography Tips
Glen Workshop 2019
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The Blackness of Art a seminar with Jessica B. Davenport and Biko Mandela Gray Writing and Reading the Ties that Bind a poetry workshop with Natasha …
Complex
Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez Drops "Lucky You" Freestyle in Response to Joyner Lucas' Rap Challenge
Complex - ByJoshua Espinoza
It's Tory Lanez vs. Joyner Lucas. During a recent Instagram Live session, Lanez boasted about his writing skills and boldly claimed that Joyner was …
Filmmaking
SFFILM Announces Westridge Grant Winners
filmmakermagazine.com - Sarah Salovaara
by Sarah Salovaara in Filmmaking on Nov 20, 2018 Earlier today, SFFilm announced the five recipients of their Westridge Grant, a biannual funding …