‘Tom Green,’ a story by 10-year-old Zahra Batteh, is a classic redemption tale. Tom Green, a horrible, spoiled, lazy young man loses all his money and privilege, and through a series of misfortunes and (eventually) hard work over several years develops compassion and gratitude, and becomes a better person. In the end, he finds happiness not […]
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Weekly Creativity #148: Write a Story that Focuses on a Dialogue Between Two or More Objects
Write a story that focuses primarily on a dialogue between two or more of the objects in the room in which you’re writing. Think about what a day in the life of one of these objects might be like, and in turn think about how these objects might interact with each other!
Writing Workshop #37: Antiheroes
An update from our thirty-seventh Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday March 20, plus some of the output published below This week Stone Soup Contributor Madeline Kline, 13, led a workshop on antiheroes in which she taught us that antiheroes are captivating because of the relatability of their flaws. To begin […]
