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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #20: What Is a Poem?

by Stone Soup Editors

Published November 6, 2021

Curse of the Night Witch, Reviewed by April, 13

by April Yu

Published November 5, 2021

Book Club Report: When Stars Are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

by Laura Moran

Published November 4, 2021

City of Spies, Reviewed by Savarna, 13

by Stone Soup Editors

Published November 2, 2021

Weekly Creativity #176 | Flash Contest #37: Write about a character who has everything you’ve always wanted, but still isn’t happy.

by Sage Millen

Published November 1, 2021

Write about a character who has everything you've always wanted, but still isn't happy. To submit to this month's Flash Contest, click here.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #19: Objects

by Stone Soup Editors

Published October 30, 2021

Writing Workshop #51: Apophenia – Finding Patterns in Unrelated Events

by Stone Soup Editors

Published October 27, 2021

Awareness, Reflection… Awareflectness!

by Stone Soup Editors

Published October 26, 2021

Writing Workshop #50: The concept of being trapped

by Sarah Ainsworth

Published October 25, 2021

Weekly Creativity #175: Write an Awkward Conversation

by Molly Torinus

Published October 25, 2021

Write an awkward conversation. This could be based on real life, or could be awkwardness caused by a fictional situation.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #20: What Is a Poem?

Post Published November 6, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our twentieth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday November 6, plus some of the output published below After receiving feedback about what students would like to focus on, this week we held workshop on the anatomy of a poem, asking ourselves "What exactly is a poem?".

Curse of the Night Witch, Reviewed by April, 13

Post Published November 5, 2021 by April Yu

With over 12.6 billion views online, #BookTok has taken the world by storm—an ever-growing community of readers that shares reviews, anecdotes, mood boards, and more about the books they have read. Ever since the hashtag went viral, certain books, even those that had already been published for several years, soared back up to the top of the New York Times bestselling list.

Book Club Report: When Stars Are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Post Published November 4, 2021 by Laura Moran

An update from our thirty-first Book Club meeting! On October 30th, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed. When Stars Are Scattered is based on Omar’s life in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and his journey to resettlement in the United States. The story is told in the form of a graphic novel.

City of Spies, Reviewed by Savarna, 13

Post Published November 2, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

‘“This operation is hot. We are a go.”’ Imagine a group of kids. Imagine they are spies. Imagine that the fate of every intelligence agency across the world hinges on their next decision. That’s what it’s like in City Spies by James Ponti. The first of a series, it has everything from deadly viruses and criminal masterminds to food-loving boys and mathematical geniuses.

Weekly Creativity #176 | Flash Contest #37: Write about a character who has everything you’ve always wanted, but still isn’t happy.

Post Published November 1, 2021 by Sage Millen

Write about a character who has everything you've always wanted, but still isn't happy. To submit to this month's Flash Contest, click here.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #19: Objects

Post Published October 30, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our nineteenth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday October 30, plus some of the output published below Continuing our run of workshops focused on concrete concepts instead of standardized elements of writing, this week we focused on objects because, simply, objects are weird!

Writing Workshop #51: Apophenia – Finding Patterns in Unrelated Events

Post Published October 27, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fifty-first Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday October 23rd, plus some of the output published below For this workshop, William introduced the concept of Apophenia, which is when one takes differing, unrelated concepts and ties them together through stories. We took a look at some “chance poems” by Tristan Tzara.

Awareness, Reflection… Awareflectness!

Post Published October 26, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

Awareness, Reflection... Awareflectness! Madeleine Schor, 13 I have a particularly vivid memory from last autumn. While tidying up my room, something unexpected caught my eye. It was an eerie morning. A newborn day, holding fresh potential, yet also carrying the threat of losing itself to the sea of all the days before it in that somber year, 2020. Out of the blue, I found my old memory box.

Writing Workshop #50: The concept of being trapped

Post Published October 25, 2021 by Sarah Ainsworth

An update from our fiftieth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday October 16th, plus some of the output published below William revisited the idea of being trapped, which was the theme of one of the first Stone Soup writing workshops he ever taught—from April 2020, at the very beginning of lockdown.

Weekly Creativity #175: Write an Awkward Conversation

Post Published October 25, 2021 by Molly Torinus

Write an awkward conversation. This could be based on real life, or could be awkwardness caused by a fictional situation.

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