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How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #63: Ways to Begin

Post Published April 20, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-third Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, April 15 In this week’s workshop, we talked about different ways to begin a story. Conner began by saying we often feel the need to start a story with exposition—to start with loads of background information.

Weekly Creativity #249: Rewrite a Book’s Ending that Didn’t Satisfy You

Post Published April 10, 2023 by Sage Millen

Rewrite a book’s ending that didn’t satisfy you.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #62: Spring

Post Published April 6, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-second Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, April 1 The workshop started with Conner showing us four paintings that all involved some element of spring—glee, excitement, flowers, calm, peace, etc. Before we began to read some examples of poetry about spring, we asked ourselves what we think of when we think of spring.

Weekly Creativity #247: Write a Letter of Advice to Your Favorite Character

Post Published March 27, 2023 by Sage Millen

Write a letter of advice to your favorite character.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #60: Tongue Twisters

Post Published March 21, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixtieth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 18 Conner began by asking the question, “What is the purpose of language?” Some of the answers were to communicate and to represent or describe things. Throughout the workshop, we learned more about what language is really meant for, especially in stories and poems.

Weekly Creativity #246: Write a Review of a Fictional Very Bad Restaurant

Post Published March 20, 2023 by Molly Torinus

Write a review of a fictional very bad restaurant.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #59: Automatic Writing

Post Published March 18, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fifty-ninth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 11, plus some of the output published below This week, we learned about automatic writing, a fun exercise and an effective strategy to overcome writer's block. Automatic writing was born out of the surrealist movement of the early 20th century.

Weekly Creativity #245: Recreate One of Your Baby Photos

Post Published March 13, 2023 by Sage Millen

Recreate one of your baby photos.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #58: Polysyndeton vs. Asyndeton

Post Published March 6, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fifty-eighth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, March 4, plus some of the output published below This week, the workshop focused on polysyndeton and asyndeton. Conner began his presentation by introducing three examples of sentences that use polysyndeton, which translates to “many bound together” and is the technique of using c...

Weekly Creativity #243: Write a Story where Your Protagonist Meets Their Hero

Post Published February 27, 2023 by Stone Soup Editors

Write a story where your protagonist meets their hero.

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