Identity
— Write about your name and the story behind it. How did it come about? Who named you? What does it mean?
— I was tired of convincing Lisa to smile. Every time we sat down with her, she simply crossed her arms and stared at me through a set of deep, solemn...
— Take a self-portrait that doesn’t show your face.
— When you think of video games, what do you usually think of? The gameplay. Take Minecraft. A sandbox game with endless possibilities. How about Fortnite? A battle Royale shooter with...
— Jason Reynolds’ Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks is, in its simplest form, a story about a walk home from school. But it is also a story...
— Write a scene (story, poem, or play) in which you meet your past or future self.
— In the Room of Pharaohs, We Meet There were many different countries in the world, and she, he, you, and I knew that, but we would investigate and learn about...
— When I look at my classmates’ faces, absorbed in their smartphones, they look eerily expressionless, even hollow. Their eyes look tired and droopy; their faces look drained and sulking. They...
— 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...
— Take three photos of the same person experiencing different (real, not staged) emotions.