Final deadlines

All papers due Dec. 12 to me via email. (You might want to send me an attachment as well as cutting and pasting the text into the body of the email).

Blogs will be read on Dec. 16. Please make sure it’s easy to find your “Six-word stories.” Also, please make sure you keep your blogs active through Dec. 19.

here is my story.

here’s the board that i want ride this year. the snowoard rimes wrote this.

Writing conferences one-on-one

I’m posting the schedule on the Writing Page. Please check your time.

Thanks!

What you can do in just 300 words

Take a look at this.
And here’s an interview with the author on how he found and wrote the story.

 

Test Your Comma IQ

Ok.

I’ll admit it.

I did NOT get a perfect score on this.

A few sites I’ve mentioned

Here’s a link to the Six-Word Story site. (now also posted over under Class Essentials)

One-man performer Stokley Towles – the guy who really acts like a reporter and chronicles the quirky, hidden stuff around town. His performances are free and continue into November.

Obits=Smart writing on deadline

Granted, the bulk of any obit on Steve Jobs was likely written months ago. However, still worth looking at 1)the incorporation of quotes 2)how “scenes” are created 3)verbs.

Here’s one from the Wall Street Journal.

The “bios” in q-and-as

From Grantland, a look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Word Clouds as a way to see what words matter

I used Wordle to create the following based on my (boring) bio. We’ll discuss.