Becoming a better writer involves becoming a better reader. Reading inspires, implanting ideas that will soon transform into a writer’s own words.
Reading offers fresh perspective and provokes many of our own opinions and values that we can turn into an essay, poem, short story, or memoir.
A writer’s own life experiences and perspectives are often merged with [...]
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People living in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving today. We gather with friends and family and watch American football and eat lots and lots of food. Then we nap on the couch in a food coma. And somewhere during that day, we hopefully pause and think about what we are thankful for.
What are your traditions?
Even [...]
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On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in the Forest of Compiègne, France, British, French, and German military officers gathered inside a railway carriage to sign an armistice, ending the Great War. Hostilities ceased on that day in 1918, ending what is now known as World War I.
In 1938, just one [...]
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Is she really going to turn in front of me? She has to see me! This is going to hurt… I might die right here… My poor car… I can’t avoid it… How will I get to work tomorrow… Brace for it… Will my injuries cause permanent damage… I’m going to be late for dinner… [...]
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In the 1940’s life was simple. Families engaged with one another. Boys still climbed outside and threw a baseball around with the neighborhood kids. People sat together at the family dinner table and talked about their day, their thoughts, their concerns, their triumphs.
In today’s world, it is far more likely that the children will be [...]
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Steve Jobs will be one of those names that will be in history books and museums for years to come. Great inventors of our time.
We may not know the full extent of it now, but he will be a true legend from our century. Forty years from now, iPod’s will be on display at the [...]
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