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Starry Night: A Series in Ekphrasis by Ella Yamamura, 14

by Ella Yamamura

Published March 29, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #32: Katabasis & Anabasis

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 28, 2022

Weekly Creativity #197: Write a Business Plan

by Molly Torinus

Published March 28, 2022

Write a business plan. This could be for the business you want to start when you’re older, or even a completely made-up business!

Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Reviewed by Vivaan, 13

by Vivaan Kartik

Published March 25, 2022

Ever felt like an outcast? Have you ever been shunned by everyone in your society? Have you ever felt as if you don’t belong anywhere? Ricky Baker, in Hunt For The Wilderpeople, has. Directed by...

Faceless, Reviewed by Sita, 13

by Sita

Published March 21, 2022

Weekly Creativity #196: Draw a Picture of a Magical Ship and Its Captain

by Sage Millen

Published March 21, 2022

Draw a picture of a magical ship and its captain using any preferred medium (pencil, pen, watercolor, pastel, etc.).

Writing Workshop #61: Stream-of-Consciousness

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 19, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #31: Irony

by Stone Soup Editors

Published March 19, 2022

Free Lunch, Reviewed by Anushka, 11

by Anushka Trivedi

Published March 18, 2022

Free Lunch by Rex Ogle is a book made purely from the truth. The book tells the story of the author’s lived experience with the horrors of poverty, inequality, and racism in America. It is...

Wild

by BlueJay

Published March 16, 2022

Let the trees embrace you, With their long and leafy arms, Their thick and trusty branches, Reach up like vines To a star speckled sky. The wildebeest are roaming, On the dark and murky...

Starry Night: A Series in Ekphrasis by Ella Yamamura, 14

Post Published March 29, 2022 by Ella Yamamura

Our village looks like a mirror without a reflection, lively, but bland. It wouldn’t, normally, but the village of Starry Night just a couple fields away outshines us by a million stars. Literally. Their side of the sky seems to favor the village of Starry Night by thousands, sprinkled with glittering souls of light that send down feathery beams of gold and silver.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #32: Katabasis & Anabasis

Post Published March 28, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-second Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 19, plus some of the output published below This week, we turned our focus to two Greek words/themes—katabasis (descent) and anabasis (ascent)—both of which have a long standing tradition in literature.

Weekly Creativity #197: Write a Business Plan

Post Published March 28, 2022 by Molly Torinus

Write a business plan. This could be for the business you want to start when you’re older, or even a completely made-up business!

Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Reviewed by Vivaan, 13

Post Published March 25, 2022 by Vivaan Kartik

Ever felt like an outcast? Have you ever been shunned by everyone in your society? Have you ever felt as if you don’t belong anywhere? Ricky Baker, in Hunt For The Wilderpeople, has. Directed by Taika Waititi and released in 2016, this movie addresses relationships, and how vital it is to have a sense of belonging.

Faceless, Reviewed by Sita, 13

Post Published March 21, 2022 by Sita

Alyssa Sheinmel’s novel Faceless does a remarkable job of portraying the psychological problems involved in the aftermath of a traumatic accident. The protagonist, high school senior Maisie Winters, is out for a run when she nearly dies in an electrical fire. She sustains second-degree burns across her left side, and her face is partially destroyed.

Weekly Creativity #196: Draw a Picture of a Magical Ship and Its Captain

Post Published March 21, 2022 by Sage Millen

Draw a picture of a magical ship and its captain using any preferred medium (pencil, pen, watercolor, pastel, etc.).

Writing Workshop #61: Stream-of-Consciousness

Post Published March 19, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-first Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 12th, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, William went over the concept of Stream of Consciousness. He emphasized the lack of traditional structure in Stream of Consciousness writing, and the wondering and wandering nature of the style.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #31: Irony

Post Published March 19, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-first Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 12, plus some of the output published below By popular demand, this week we focused on writing the concept of irony. We began with a few basic definitions of irony: the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning, the difference between what someo...

Free Lunch, Reviewed by Anushka, 11

Post Published March 18, 2022 by Anushka Trivedi

Free Lunch by Rex Ogle is a book made purely from the truth. The book tells the story of the author’s lived experience with the horrors of poverty, inequality, and racism in America. It is a moving and inspiring story about the author’s perseverance. I admire Rex Ogle so much. The setting is a wealthy school district where young Rex is starting middle school.

Wild

Post Published March 16, 2022 by BlueJay

Let the trees embrace you, With their long and leafy arms, Their thick and trusty branches, Reach up like vines To a star speckled sky. The wildebeest are roaming, On the dark and murky plain, They pace until the shining moon Shines ever so brightly In a star speckled sky The giraffes are chewing leafy greens, That are hang...

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