Episode 33 Companion Blog – Friday

by David Grimes on October 8, 2010

Welcome to the final day of our week of Shakespearean Sonnets! I hope you have enjoyed this week, and I hope you put some serious work into this week’s writings.

Today you will be writing a sonnet about that glorious feeling we all feel as the clock ticks down the final moments of our workday or school day before the weekend. If you need extra inspiration, you can go beyond the pre-weekend imagery, and imagine that last day before a vacation! This is a topic we can all relate to.

Your starting point sentence for today will be:

“Tick-tock, tick-tock, the moments slip away.”

Enjoy the release you get from writing this poem, and enjoy your weekend. Take care, keep writing, and we’ll see you next week!

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Episode 33 Companion Blog – Thursday

by David Grimes on October 7, 2010

Today we are 4/5ths of the way through our week of Shakespearean Sonnets! Today you will be writing a sonnet about what you would do if you were invisible for a day. Everybody has thought of this before. Expressing it within the confines of a poem with strict parameters is the challenge.

Your starting point sentence will be:

“If I weren’t to be seen for just one day,”

Feel free to take a mischievous approach to this poem, but do not tamper with the parameters of your Shakespearean Sonnet. Good luck, and we’ll see you

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Episode 33 Companion Blog – Wednesday

October 6, 2010

Today I want you to write just one Shakespearean Sonnet… but make it a good one. Really put some thought and analysis into each line and even into each word selection. Today you will be writing about something you fear. It can be anything; spiders, dying alone, or even spiders. Here is the starting point [...]

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Episode 33 Companion Blog – Tuesday

October 5, 2010

Today we are continuing with our week of Shakespearean Sonnets. Today I want you to write two sonnets as though you were going to post them on Craigslist as a personal ad. Use the first sonnet to describe yourself. Your starting point sentence for the first sonnet will be: “Allow me to tell you about [...]

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Episode 33 Companion Blog – Monday

October 4, 2010

Welcome to week 2 of the new and improved Starting Point Podcast &Blog! Hopefully the new setup is working for everyone! This week you will be concentrating on your poetry. It has probably become apparent to you that I have an appreciation for Shakespearean Sonnets. They are a beautiful and complex form of poetry. Like [...]

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Episode 32 Companion Blog – Friday

October 1, 2010

Today you will be writing a journal entry. I want you to imagine you have just won a contest, and your prize is a free round-trip ticket to anyplace of your choosing. In this journal entry, I want you to explain where you have chosen to go, and why. Really put some thought into this. [...]

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Episode 32 Compaion Blog – Thursday

September 30, 2010

Today you will be working in a form of writing called “technical writing.” Technical writing is a valuable skill to have, as it is one of the highest-paid professions a writer can have. Technical Writing is writing for instructional purposes (i.e. things like recipes, driving directions, etc.) Today you will be writing step-by-step directions on [...]

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Episode 32 Companion Blog – Wednesday

September 29, 2010

Today you will be working on your “tweeting.” Just about everybody has a “Twitter” account, and it seems like “micro-blogging” was lost as an art long before it had a chance to be found. Expressing an entire thought in just 140 characters is a tall order, but expressing an entire thought in 140 character so [...]

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Episode 32 Companion Blog – Tuesday

September 28, 2010

Today’s exercise is a fun one! I want you to think back to when you were a kid, and you would write out your “list” for Christmas or your birthday. Now imagine that you could still make a list now, and possibly get the items you listed on it. Now, before you get too excited [...]

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