Recommended Tags: Writing, Life Stories, Creative Writing, NonFiction, Real Life Story. Just one is enough!
30 Sep 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
It’s amazing how a single comment can turn a night on its head, although that is by and large what happens here. Or at least, it’s an internally combustive turn, setting my mental gears in motion, although outwardly not that obvious. Shoniqua la...
30 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Teaching kids how to develop their writing muscles is no mean feat because the weaker ones find it hard to string a sentence together. Not to mention that most of them find writing a chore, given the prevalence of digital devices. Thank goodness for...
29 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments SergFarStars
Here is another great "subconscious poem" from my old vault. I hope you enjoy it. Notice: This is not a common note, a poem, nor anything you learned in your English class... This is a Subconscious Poem. This poem is an experiment of mine to try som...
29 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I won’t go as far to call it a breakthrough, but never have I attempted to get my students to write a narrative using heartbreakingly simple words. I have always tried to infuse vocab words into my lessons and gotten them to internalise them as part...
28 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Nine 1. To everything there is a practical abstraction (Turn Turn Turn); a time to prove, a time to wait (Learn Learn Learn), a time to Louvre, a time to Haight (Burn Burn Burn). 2. For n...
28 Sep 2025 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
So the tropical outfits era is short lived, surprisingly far more so than even the cowboy epoch. We still believe in the viability of the props, though this view has shifted over time. Wearing them out of context clearly works far better. But yo...
28 Sep 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
“Damn, dude, it looks like you’ve lost a bunch of weight,” Dylan observes, in the kitchen one evening, as I shuffle inside and flop into a chair. “What’s your secret?” “Mmm…let’s call it the Ramen And Overtime Diet,” I improvise with a laugh....
27 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments SergFarStars
Note: As the poem shows, I never really liked the city. Nature is taken for granted even though we are part of it. This poem is an oldie, but you'll enjoy it. I'll be adding new content as well coming soon. I live in a society full of dead people,...
27 Sep 2025 4 minute read 0 comments rah
I am by definition a person who is kind, polite and considerate - or at least I try to be. Maybe it is that quintessential Englishness that I have about me. Don't get me wrong, I can and do get irritated with things when they don't work and my annoya...
27 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My fifth graders have to sit for an essay writing competition. It is no stroll in the park because they not only have to base their story on a picture, but also write to address a theme. They are not natural writers, so it would be a Herculean task...
