. But there are often other narrative threads that need to be concluded to the readers’ satisfaction before our audience will feel at peace with the story’s ending. These can include unresolved relationship issues (strained friendships, burgeoning or troubled romances, conflicts between siblings or...
With my parents working two jobs, my siblings were falling behind in school. I knew I had to take on a more active role. I organized daily tutoring sessions, setting up a rotating schedule with other older students in the neighborhood to help younger kids with their schoolwork. Over time,...
We also need to do away with the idea that bios need to contain any personal information whatsoever -- no job, no siblings, no cities you have previously visited, no celebrities with whom you have shared a brief conversation. Again, the time to learn that stuff is not while reading a bi...
Like Shakespeare you can also trot them out. Try it. If your friend also wants to write a sonnet you can practice talking to each other in iambic pentameter. It comes easily. ‘I wonder what my friends will think of this?’‘If I were you I’d watch out what I say.’‘He never ...
The longline is your story idea boiled down into a simple sentence. Its goal is to make a studio exec or audience member say, “I want to watch that!” (Check out loglines on IMDB for other examples.) For specific instructions on how to write loglines, visit my post onwriting a stor...
“Since money was tight, my siblings and I tried to ease the burden on our parents by dumpster diving for food, furniture, and toys. We scoured the streets of the city for overflowing trash bins. We figured out the delivery schedule of local grocery stores. I always looked forward to Wed...
"Colleges want to know who you are," Shaevitz says, adding that the same is true for students who may have family responsibilities such as caring for younger siblings or working. "There are many students who have to work, who have to go home to family responsibilities. Co...
Our findings demonstrate that siblings are interested in teaching each other a variety of language and literacy concepts during naturalistic interactions in the home, indicating that siblings contribute to the richness of the home literacy environment....
When I was starting 11th grade, my dad, an agricultural scientist, was assigned to a 3-month research project in a farm village in Niigata (northwest Honshu in Japan). Rather than stay behind with my mom and siblings, I begged to go with him. As a straight-A student, I convinced my...
Your grandmother and/or grandfather, mom and/or dad, aunt and/or uncle, nephew and/or niece, or siblings Your best friend Someone who hurt you A special teacher or life coach How Do You Organize a Reflective Paper? The organization of a reflective essay is very similar to other types of...