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Writing Workshop #68: Sense of Place

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 24, 2022

Writing Workshop #67: Rhythmic Writing

by Stone Soup Editors

Published June 11, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #40: Ekphrasis (Revisited)

by Stone Soup Editors

Published June 10, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #39: Long Sentences

by Stone Soup Editors

Published June 4, 2022

Writing Workshop #66: Nature Writing

Published May 28, 2022

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #38: Anaphora

by Stone Soup Editors

Published May 28, 2022

Writing Workshop #65: Protagonists and Antagonists

by Stone Soup Editors

Published May 21, 2022

An update from our sixty-fifth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on May 14th, plus some of the output published below Inspired by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the ballet's conflict between Prince Siegfried and...

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #37: Poetry (Revisited)

by Stone Soup Editors

Published May 21, 2022

An update from our thirty-seventh Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 14, plus some of the output published below During every session, Conner devotes one workshop to...

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #36: Collage Poetry

by Stone Soup Editors

Published May 14, 2022

Writing Workshop #64: Imaginary Creatures

by Stone Soup Editors

Published May 13, 2022

An update from our sixty-fourth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 7th, plus some of the output published below Long-time writing workshop student and Stone Soup contributor Peri Gordon presented...

Writing Workshop #68: Sense of Place

Post Published September 24, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-eighth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, September 17, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, we covered the idea of ‘sense of place.’ The students learned that sense of place is a literary device that not only evokes physical, objective descriptions, but also uses vivid imagery to capture the thoughts and feelings of a c...

Writing Workshop #67: Rhythmic Writing

Post Published June 11, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our sixty-seventh Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, June 4th, plus some of the output published below In this workshop, students focused on the rhythm and sound of their writing and looked to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Klingon poetry, and J. R. R. Tolkien's Elvish languages for inspiration.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #40: Ekphrasis (Revisited)

Post Published June 10, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our fortieth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, June 4 This week, Emma Hoff, 10, led workshop with her own interpretation of ekphrasis, a favorite topic of the Stone Soup workshops. For the workshop portion, Emma presented us with the following three paintings and their accompanying ekphrastic interpretations.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #39: Long Sentences

Post Published June 4, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our thirty-ninth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 28, plus some of the output published below. This week, Conner lectured on something he never had before: long sentences, which have become in today's day and age somewhat of a dying art form.

Writing Workshop #66: Nature Writing

Post Published May 28, 2022 by

An update from our sixty-sixth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 21st In this workshop, students practiced writing descriptively about the natural world with examples from J. R. R. Tolkien. William showed pictures of various landscapes, including a few he had taken himself, and as a mini-challenge, had students describe what they saw.

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #38: Anaphora

Post Published May 28, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our thirty-eighth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, May 21, plus some of the output published below This week we focused on the literary device of anaphora, meaning a repetition of word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences or poetic lines. From the greek, literally "a carrying back.

Writing Workshop #65: Protagonists and Antagonists

Post Published May 21, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #37: Poetry (Revisited)

Post Published May 21, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

How Stories Work—Writing Workshop #36: Collage Poetry

Post Published May 14, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from the thirty-sixth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday May 7, plus some of the output published below This week, we continued with Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the new Millennium. After focusing on "lightness" last week, we turned our focus to "multiplicity," defined as the quality or state of being multiple or various.

Writing Workshop #64: Imaginary Creatures

Post Published May 13, 2022 by Stone Soup Editors

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