The Arts
— Superheroes of Today Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the “before” and “after” of the current pandemic, and we are very happy to be...
— Who is your reader? And how do you want that reader to feel? Pick a news topic that you feel passionate about. Choose your reader (an adult, a younger child,...
— Write a mystery story. Think about the arc of your story, and plan out the actions and motives of the characters. Does the reader know something the characters don’t, or...
— How the Handshake has Evolved Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the “before” and “after” of the current pandemic, and we are very happy...
— Take a look at these photographs of houses from the Library of Congress. Choose one house that speaks to you and write a short story or play that takes place...
— Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation: Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished. Question mark: a few things are left open – whatever will happen next?...
— The history and science of cotton candy is often overlooked. But under the cover, it’s actually quite interesting. Machine-spun cotton candy was, strangely enough, invented by a dentist, William Morrison,...
— An update from our sixth weekly writing workshop A summary of this week’s project, plus some of the output published below The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop, held on Fridays at 1:00...
— Write 5 phrases about things you see around you (e.g. “a bird chirping in a tree”) and use them in a poem, or turn them into a piece of art.
— Make 5 sketches of things outside your window, and/or write a 5-line poem about what you see outside your window.