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Prompts and Activities

How Might I Use Dialogue?

We are partnering this fall with Stone Soup for their Personal Narrative Contest! For the contest, Stone Soup is looking for excellent, innovative, moving, playful personal narratives or mini-memoirs. The deadline is December 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) and...

How Do Your Scenes Look Sound and Feel?

We are partnering this fall with Stone Soup for their Personal Narrative Contest! For the contest, Stone Soup is looking for excellent, innovative, moving, playful personal narratives or mini-memoirs. The deadline is December 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) and...

Breaking Down the Essay: Talking about Intros with Your Kids

Whether your writer is tackling school applications or simply doing homework, they can’t escape the essay! In this mini-lesson for parents, Executive Director, Naomi Kinsman, will break down how to construct a strong introductory paragraph and – maybe more importantly...

What’s the Heart of Your Story?

We're so excited to partner with Stone Soup for their Personal Narrative Contest! For the contest, Stone Soup is looking for excellent, innovative, moving, playful personal narratives or mini-memoirs. The deadline is December 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) and...
A Lively Cast of Characters

A Lively Cast of Characters

Recently, one of our Inklings asked an excellent question: "How do I make my characters each sound...

Goal Setting

Goal Setting

Unless you're writing flash fiction, your writing project is likely to require patience and...