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Three poems by Kai Wells, 12

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 27, 2021

Weekly Creativity #171: Design a Game, or Write About a Game You’d Like to Play.

by Molly Torinus

Published September 26, 2021

Design a game, or write about a game you’d like to play. It could be a board game, a video game, or anything else!

How Stories Work-Writing Workshop #13: Ekphrasis

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 24, 2021

Writing Workshop #47: Character Descriptions

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 24, 2021

An update from our forty-seventh Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday September 18, plus some of the output published below At this writing workshop, we looked at some classic art: grotesques...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Reviewed by Daniel, 10

by Daniel Zhu Age 12

Published September 21, 2021

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a man with a split personality. Wanting to split the bad part of himself from the good, Jekyll...

How Stories Work-Writing Workshop #12: Metaphor

Published September 21, 2021

Weekly Creativity #170: Paint or Draw a Scene from a Dream.

by Sage Millen

Published September 20, 2021

Paint or draw a scene from a dream.

The Price of Free Will (Conner)

by Emma Hoff Age 9

Published September 19, 2021

Defined By Suffering (William’s class; September 18, 2021)

by Peri Gordon Age 11

Published September 19, 2021

The Box Opened 9/18/21

by Audrey Tzeng Age 12

Published September 18, 2021

Three poems by Kai Wells, 12

Post Published September 27, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

Black God created us hoping we would be equal Not knowing that some would be treated differently Killed Murdered Shot Black You turn on the news and someone was killed... AGAIN Police offering us to God as if we are chocolate Our voices shut down before they can be heard Say their names They all matter Black Lives Matter Trayvon Martin Tamir Rice George Floyd Phillip ...

Weekly Creativity #171: Design a Game, or Write About a Game You’d Like to Play.

Post Published September 26, 2021 by Molly Torinus

Design a game, or write about a game you’d like to play. It could be a board game, a video game, or anything else!

How Stories Work-Writing Workshop #13: Ekphrasis

Post Published September 24, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our thirteenth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday September 18, plus some of the output published below For today's workshop, Conner chose to focus on "ekphrasis," meaning a creative interpretation, response, or translation of another work of art.

Writing Workshop #47: Character Descriptions

Post Published September 24, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Reviewed by Daniel, 10

Post Age 12 Published September 21, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a man with a split personality. Wanting to split the bad part of himself from the good, Jekyll develops a potion. However, when he drinks it, he is horrified to have taken the form of a monster named Edward Hyde. Luckily, he can switch between the two by drinking the potion again.

How Stories Work-Writing Workshop #12: Metaphor

Post Published September 21, 2021 by

An update from our twelfth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday September 11, plus some of the output published below Conner Bassett began our fall session of writing workshops with a question: what does it mean to write fiction or poetry? His answer? To put into language what is inherently nonlinguistic.

Weekly Creativity #170: Paint or Draw a Scene from a Dream.

Post Published September 20, 2021 by Sage Millen

Paint or draw a scene from a dream.

The Price of Free Will (Conner)

Post Age 9 Published September 19, 2021 by Emma Hoff

The Price of Free Will People are foolish. While fighting, those great grey things climbed onto our heads and begged for air. Eyed from above, clouds were meaningless, wings that had sprouted from spines of swords. A magical thing went limp and floated. Eyed from below, claustrophobic screams and gasps and chokings, wide open mouths, slit open mouths, eyes appearing inside.

Defined By Suffering (William’s class; September 18, 2021)

Post Age 11 Published September 19, 2021 by Peri Gordon

Defined By Suffering (William’s class; September 18, 2021) By Peri Gordon, 11 What to do with such terrible eyes? They were wide, wet, bloodshot things that stood out even in a crowd of a hundred, and the right one was black and swollen. Below the eyes, the man’s nose, pale and slender, rose from his face, then dipped back down into it only a few centimeters below, unnoticed.

The Box Opened 9/18/21

Post Age 12 Published September 18, 2021 by Audrey Tzeng

The Box Opened The box must have opened. What else could produce such things? Yes, there’s no better word for them, some man and some animal. Some half-and-half And some neither at all. They cannot be ordered, cannot be named. Angels stabbing and hacking As man, that fiendish beast, serenely plays on. Who fights for who? They eat each other And yet they are each other. Now my head spins.

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