Given the range of his public and private writing, Matthiessen could be described as an early creative nonfiction writer, publishing nine books that included literary criticism and biographies; a monograph devoted to Cheney’s painting soon after his death; and an unusual work best characterized as ...
A tip to cope is letting go of your standards when you first start writing and entering a “brainstorming” mindset where your fingers can get down the most important parts of your ideas without having to worry about grammatical errors or better word choices. This allows you to get more wor...
I was writing about the heart’s longing for home. My blog is actually entitled Beck Far From Home. Home has been a longing of mine for my whole life. I’ve moved close to 20 times in the last 36 years. Actually I have a hunch that the human life, in some ways, is a search...
House, in a city where no one moves to but you somehow ended up. In all the years I’ve been going, I haven’t seen a single person order: people walk up to the cashier and start talking about their divorces, family deaths, cancer diagnoses, miscarriages, difficult days at the office...
For this practice, use the following creative writing prompt: Write a scene or story involving a grandfather.
After abandoning the camp we stumbled across the country side and found a house. As we sit by the wall, we think about our fellow soldiers now in heaven. I look up to the sky to see shepherds delight or more like the resemblance of the blood of the abandoned. Why everyone was quiet,...
Point out adults who should know better who don't write well, and discuss how their poor writing skills make them look to others. (We're talking about you, celebrities and elected officials!) Provide both the rationale and the activities, then let your child come to their own conclusion ...
Creative Writing Draft- The Buckets' Obiter Dicta Countless expiries have I presided over in the 4.5 billion years of my existence. I have seen everything which came from dust return to dust since the dawn of life, but I only took an interest in life 200,000 years ago. My bemusement ...
Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front Decent Essays 273 Words 2 Pages Open Document On August 21, 2015, a suspected terrorist walked shirtless out of a bathroom on a train traveling to France. He was carrying an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and lots of ammunition and he ...
her writing style is so unique and beautiful, as well as her overall storylines which are delightfully composed. I also loved her books and this was a way I could spotlight them. Although the poem is quite long, longer in length than what I usually would write, it hardly capture the duol...