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Beginnings and endings: great first lines and final words ... in lit and life.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Beginnings and endings.
BACKGROUND MATERIAL
This issue's feature article is designed to help students write attention-grabbing beginnings and satisfying endings. Students can explore how the opening lines set the tone for the rest of their stories. They...
1,000 words.(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
There is something mysterious about this picture. Is that really a man sitting on that tree stump? Could he be hiding from something or someone? Or is he--it--something else? What about the birds and the cage? What does it all mean?
As a writer, you can develop...
Teens get their day.(write stuff)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Do you hear that buzzing sound? Listen; it's all around you. With the U.S. presidential election just months away, people are anxious to see who the 44th president will be. Newspapers, magazines, TV news shows, and Web sites are all working overtime to cover this important event.
This...
Just so much blah, blah, blah.(write stuff)(Brief article)(List)
April 1, 2008... Back in the day--1976 to be exact--some folks at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) in Michigan decided to improve the quality of public discourse in the United States. They put together a list of words and phrases they thought should be kicked out of our everyday speech. The list included...
Writing magazine to join READ.(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Beginning in September 2008, Writing magazine will become part of its sister publication READ. It will no longer be published as a separate periodical. This is the final issue of Writing in this format.
For 30 years, Writing has explored and illuminated the world of written expression for...