In fifth grade, my language arts teacher assigned the class the inevitable essay “Where Will You Be Ten Years from Now?” Interestingly enough, at eleven years old, I imagined myself a student of architecture. I saw a mature young lady attending a college in Rhode Island, the bricks white-washed and the main black gates [...]
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Reflection: Writing Over the Years
Posted in Exercises, Reflection, Writing, tagged anecdote, essay, Personal, prompt, Reflection, Writing on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BOOK: the Sequel–and exercise
Posted in Exercises, books, tagged BOOK: the sequel, creative, humor, Perseus Books Group, quick exercise, Writing on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been staring at the same website for 15 minutes now, chuckling and cackling. After browsing through the BEA website wistfully, I took a turn into BOOK: the sequel—an incredibly humorous project from Perseus Books Group. Basically, it’s a collection of first sentences of any imagined sequel to a book. You submit [...]
I Made Time to Write–Now What?
Posted in About Writing, Exercises, tagged gabriel cohen, getting started, sketch, time, writing exercises on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
But, time management is, I believe, the easiest part. Actually getting the activity done—now there lies the difficulty.
3 Writing Excercises
Posted in Exercises, Writing, tagged creativity, exercise, for fun, poetry, practice, stimulate, Writing on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer, 2007, I went to a youth writing workshop for four days and three nights. I loved it there.
I had fun being with other young writers and learning from the seminars; and because we stayed on a campus by the beach, the morning ocean air refreshed our minds. I even enjoyed most of the exercises. [...]


