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Weekly Creativity #256 | Flash Contest #56: Write a Story where the Protagonist Is Sitting on Their Lawn when a Parachutist Lands Next to Them

Post Published June 5, 2023 by Sage Millen

Write a story where the protagonist is sitting on their lawn when a parachutist lands next to them.

How Stories Work: Writing Workshop #68: Six Ways a Scene Can Fail

Post Published June 3, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-eighth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 27 In the last workshop of our spring season, Conner outlines six ways a scene can fail. Number one: it starts too early. It's better to start late, to skip greetings, and to start when the events actually become important to the reader. Number two: it ends too late.

Weekly Creativity #255: Draw a Scene from One of Your Dreams

Post Published May 30, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Draw a scene from one of your dreams.

Weekly Creativity #254: Write an Ode to an Object in Your Room

Post Published May 22, 2023 by

Write an ode to an object in your room.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #67: Translation

Post Published May 20, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-seventh Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 13 We began the workshop by discussing the etymology of translation. Translation comes from the Latin phrase, “to be carried across.” Conner encouraged us to adopt a more “experimental view of translation.

Weekly Creativity #253: Write a Story that Answers the Latest Question in Your Internet Search History

Post Published May 15, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Write a story that answers the latest question in your internet search history.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #66: Ekphrasis

Post Published May 12, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-sixth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett and special guest Emma Catherine Hoff A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 6 This week, winner of the Stone Soup 2022 Annual Book Contest Emma Catherine Hoff instructed the workshop. To start, Emma told workshop participants that ekphrasis is “when you write a poem or story about or based on a work of art.

Weekly Creativity #252: Take a Portrait-Style Photograph of Your Mom

Post Published May 8, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Take a portrait-style photograph of your mom (or any mother-like &/or parental figure).

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #65: Long Sentences

Post Published May 6, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-fifth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, April 29 In this week’s workshop, we talked about long sentences. First, Conner showed us two paintings. The first one was Christ Breaking Down the Gates of Hell by Hieronymous Bosch and the second one was The Flight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Weekly Creativity #251 | Flash Contest #55: Write an Enemies-to-Lovers Story

Post Published May 1, 2023 by Molly Torinus

Write an enemies-to-lovers story.

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