Category: All #Writing
Invitations
What conversation do you need to have with your loved ones? You know the kind of awkward, important conversation that we tend to avoid to reduce conflict. How would you frame the invitation? What rules would you set down? What food could you serve to ease the conflict? What slant should your invitation take to…
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Creeds
What do you believe? What have you witnessed? What forces are at work in your life? How could America be a more perfect union if more Americans lived up to one specific personal value? If you were going to write your American Creed what would it be? This fall my first year college writers have once again…
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Writing A More Perfect Union
How could America be a more perfect union if more Americans lived up to one specific personal value? If you were going to write your American Creed what would it be? What constellation should we name together? What should we be brave enough to be? This fall my first year college writers are once again…
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Writing Home
How does your home, your heritage, and your community shape you into the person you are or the person you want to be? This fall my first year college writers are once again embarking on a “What If” exploration of our personal values. This semester our work will be part of the Morehead Writing Project‘s…
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Flint Testimony
We come from a people who turn trial into triumph The tragic into testimony Enlighten or Discourage by Mama Sol This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group enjoyed the final stop on its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon. Each week we revisited the invitation offered by the host site and…
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California Dreaming
What is worth preserving? What makes something valuable? Can you write directions to those places and things whether they exist today or only in your memory? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group enjoyed the sixth stop on its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon (you can sign up here). Each week…
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Pittsburgh GPS
What are the layers of your important places? What hidden features should you explore? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group enjoyed the fifth stop on its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon (you can sign up here). Each week we will revisit the invitation offered by the host site and the…
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Come Home To Kentucky
How do you define home? How does home form you? Do you choose your home or does your home choose you? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group enjoyed the fourth stop on its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon (you can sign up here). Each week we will revisit the invitation…
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Meet Virginia
When did you last explore your wild side? How many times have you transformed in your life? What do you love? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group enjoyed the third stop on its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon (you can sign up here). Each week we will revisit the invitation…
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What Happens Here…
Where do you find inspiration from Las Vegas? The people, the gambling, the desert, the myths, the history? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group enjoyed the second stop on its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon (you can sign up here). Each week we will revisit the invitation offered by the…
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Noise
Where can a song take you? What is the soundtrack of your youth? What is the soundtrack of the important days of your life? What role has music played in your life? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group began its 7-week journey with the National Writing Project’s Write Across America virtual writing marathon (you can…
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Emancipation
What have you planted in this world that will continue to grow after you are gone? This week the Just Write Virtual Writing Group wrote about emancipation in honor of Juneteenth. We drew inspiration from two podcasts and four poems. Our contemplation began with historian Clint Smith on Democracy Now. His words are always powerful and thought-provoking but…
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