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Post Age 12 Published July 10, 2020 by Madeline Kline

The first one I pass Flower field with towering trees The second one I pass Dreary day with boring books The third one I pass Cantankerous child throwing torturous tantrum over delicious delicacies Af...
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Daily Creativity #76: Write a Story Inspired by a Renoir Painting

Post Published July 6, 2020 by Jane Levi

Look at this painting by Renoir (Dance at the Moulin de la Galette) and imagine yourself in this scene. Who are you? Why are you there? What can you see, smell, hear? What has just happened?
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Two Characters (workshop 7/3)

Post Age 14 Published July 3, 2020 by Anya Geist

1. Like the rest of his body, his face was small. Not smushed in any way, just petite. His features were slightly sharp, like a dulled knife, and, like his thin arms and legs, his tiny little ears sho...
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The Person Who Screamed

Post Published July 3, 2020 by Ella Yamamura

Artwork: The Scream by Edvard Munch I penetrated the famous artwork with my gaze as I imagined myself inside the painting–glorious, I thought. The colors swirled around the painting–some wobbly, ...
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Daily Creativity #75: Incorporate Your Favorite Things into Surrealist Art

Post Published July 3, 2020 by Jane Levi

Write down your favorite animal. Your favorite food. An interesting object. A place you have dreamed of going to but have never visited. Now, put them all together to create a surrealist work of art.
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Daily Creativity #74: Write a Transcription of a Sound

Post Published July 2, 2020 by Jane Levi

Can you write a sound? Not just using adjectives, or even alliteration–but actual transcription of sound? Try sitting somewhere you can listen to a common sound in your life, and try to write down e...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #13, Friday June 26, 2020: Writing About Someone Reading

Post Published June 30, 2020 by Anya Geist

An update from our thirteenth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup contributor...
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Daily Creativity #72: Write about Why Writing is Awkward

Post Published June 30, 2020 by Molly Torinus

Write about why writing is awkward. Or whatever else you want to say but don't think you can.
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Familiar Words

Post Age 11 Published June 28, 2020 by Joanna Aloise

Blowing specks of dust from a cover, bound in cherry leather that was engraved with letters of sparkling gold, brilliance fading along with the passing years of her life.
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Daily Creativity #67: Recreate a Still Life Painting

Post Published June 23, 2020 by Jane Levi

Still life paintings are full of hidden meaning. Look carefully at “Vanitas” by Pieter Claesz (1597-1661). Make a list of at least 6 items that you can identify in it, and think about what they co...
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