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Weekly Creativity #127: Write about Characters Reuniting

Post Published November 16, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Write about two characters who have reunited after many years apart. How have they changed? Do they still interact with each other the same way?
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Ruins Crumble

Post Age 14 Published November 14, 2020 by Anya Geist

Original- The wind softly blew, just a puff of breath. But it was a breath, it was alive, unlike the ruins over which it looked. The walls were crumbled and decayed, nearly churned to dust on the grou...
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Writing Workshop #27: Revising, Rewriting, & Expanding

Post Published November 14, 2020 by Jane Levi

An update from our twenty-seventh Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday November 7, plus some of the output published below This week we discussed various techniques for revis...
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Aiming High

Post Published November 12, 2020 by Trevor Shum

Hello there. I think that I’m going to stay anonymous for now, but I can tell you that I’m planning to be a mountain climber when I grow up, which is why I’m here, getting ready for my first bou...
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Eyes (Revised) (November 7, 2020)

Post Age 11 Published November 9, 2020 by Peri Gordon

Eyes by Peri Gordon, 11 I lay in my bed late one night, eyes shut tight, trying to fall asleep and failing. I heard the rain whispering outside, the cold, dark, dank rain. I was unusually tense.
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Book Club Report: Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger

Post Published November 3, 2020 by Anya Geist

An update from our twenty-first Book Club meeting! Our most recent Book Club meeting was on October 31–Halloween! We had several participants who dressed up, representing characters from Harry Pott...
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Weekly Creativity #125 | Flash Contest: Write a Story with Traditional Opening and Closing Lines

Post Published November 2, 2020 by Jane Levi

Write a short story that begins with “Once upon a time, in a land far away...” and ends with “...and they all lived happily ever after.” This prompt is our November Flash Contest.
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Adagio

Post Age 14 Published October 24, 2020 by Enni Harlan

As I stepped out of the cream-colored house that morning, I heard the voice of my deceased mother in the susurrus wind. It came from afar, across the field, perhaps; so fresh, so sweet, so alluring, a...
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10/24/2020–The Dream

Post Age 12 Published October 24, 2020 by Ava Isabella Angeles

10/24/2020 It started out as a regular day. The sun was shining and a cool breeze was blowing. It was a perfect day for a spring festival. But this would not last.
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Zoom Sagas, creative nonfiction by Stella, 11

Post Published October 23, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

Zoom sagas Stella, 11 “I ain't never used this alien program!” —Darlene I The only thing my sister could see of her second grade teacher for the whole first week of school was Mrs.
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