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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #61: Seven Narratives

Post Published March 31, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-first Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 25 To start the workshop, Conner told us about the book The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker. However, before we jumped into what those plots were, we explored the meta-plot, which Booker argues every story uses in some way.

Weekly Creativity #247: Write a Letter of Advice to Your Favorite Character

Post Published March 27, 2023 by Sage Millen

Write a letter of advice to your favorite character.

A Town Girl’s Year in the Countryside: A Review of Phebe Fairchild by Mary G. Lane, 11

Post Published March 24, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Have you ever been away from home for a year? In the book Phebe Fairchild, set in the 1830's, a girl named Phebe travels from her New Haven home to spend a year with her Aunts in the Connecticut Countryside while her parents are at sea. During the year Phebe is with them, she struggles to meet the strict Puritanical expectations of her relations, but her greatest trial is protecting her jewels and...

Bridge to Terabithia, Reviewed by Alex Reuhs, 13

Post Published March 22, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Patterson, is a beautifully-told coming-of-age story. It is, rightfully so, an award-winning novel, with likable characters, a simple yet deeply meaningful plot, and a spectacular ending. The book is told through the eyes of the main character, Jess, though not with his voice. Jess is a young boy who is entering 5th Grade.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #60: Tongue Twisters

Post Published March 21, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixtieth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 18 Conner began by asking the question, “What is the purpose of language?” Some of the answers were to communicate and to represent or describe things. Throughout the workshop, we learned more about what language is really meant for, especially in stories and poems.

Weekly Creativity #246: Write a Review of a Fictional Very Bad Restaurant

Post Published March 20, 2023 by Molly Torinus

Write a review of a fictional very bad restaurant.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #59: Automatic Writing

Post Published March 18, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fifty-ninth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 11, plus some of the output published below This week, we learned about automatic writing, a fun exercise and an effective strategy to overcome writer's block. Automatic writing was born out of the surrealist movement of the early 20th century.

“I, Pencil”: Diving Into Leonard E. Read’s Stunning Masterpiece

Post Published March 15, 2023 by Ariana Goforth

What could one essay, written in 1946, have anything to do with the present day? With me? With... you? I don’t—in fact, I couldn’t have—known Mr. Leonard E. Read personally. But that feeling of wonder, that unquenchable longing for something miraculous, the very thing that drives artists and writers on their quest for something beautiful, he knew. He understood.

Weekly Creativity #245: Recreate One of Your Baby Photos

Post Published March 13, 2023 by Sage Millen

Recreate one of your baby photos.

Full Pink Sun Half a Yellow Sun, original artist

Post Published March 10, 2023 by Laura Moran

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