Declaration of Dependence: Teen Maturity
SHARON'S BLOG Your son is eleven years old. He wishes he could play ball as well as his dad does, and he hugs you freely. Your daughter is ten. She loves to look through your jewelry box, and she plays up to her dad. Now jump ahead a few years to a time when your kids...
How to Complain Constructively
What can you do when your food order is incorrect or your new purchase falls apart? Complain! Learn how to complain constructively with this writing prompt for you and your children.
You and the Jurassic World
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS Many exciting stories have come from scientific ponderings. Take, for instance, Frankenstein. It was written by Mary Shelley while the scientific world debated the idea of reanimation. Could something dead, a frog, perhaps, be reanimated by...
What Would You Read to a Dog?
Dogs and cats with Love on a Leash are certified therapy pets so they can help people. You can even read to them in school. What would you read to a dog?
Show, Don’t Tell: Emotions in Stories
One of the first rules storywriters learn is this: Show, don’t tell. What does that mean? Read on to find out and to practice this important skill!
Storywriting: Put Your Character into Hot Water, Part 2
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS In a recent tutorial, you practiced plunging your character into hot water with two powerful methods many writers use. You can find that prompt here.This week you'll examine three more methods of getting your main character deep into a story. As...
Storywriting: Put Your Character into Hot Water, Part 1
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS You have an idea for a story but don't know how to get it going. Or you would like to write a story but are out of ideas. When you write a story, you have to throw a lot of things at your main character, things he or she would rather not have to...
Dialog Does Not Have to Be Boring
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Have you ever read really boring dialog in a book? You know, like this: "Jane," said Tarzan, "have you ever noticed how much the monkeys love me?" "Yes, Tarzan, I noticed it," said Jane. "In fact, one is climbing on you right now." ...
Celebrating L. Frank Baum: There’s no Place Like Home
HIGH SCHOOL PROMPTS “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home,” says Dorothy Gale in the movie The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum, the author of the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the other Oz books, was born in May in 1856. That's more than 150 years ago,...
Advertising Jingles
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROMPTS Allan G. Odell saved his company from ruin and made it quite popular. How did he do it? In the 1920s, a new shaving product was born called Burma-Shave. It was different from other shaving creams because, now, men didn't have to lather up some...
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