May 25, 2021 ... The idea of writing a story about sex, in which all the characters ... That means the death of one child is funny, whereas the death of three ...

A story idea? How do you proceed from there? I think this changes with each book for me. Right now, I'm working on a ghost story set in 1910, and it was ...

Apr 28, 2017 ... I used to worry about losing things on Facebook or Twitter. I'd post funny kid quotes there and then, zip, they'd be carried along by the ...

Oct 19, 2022 ... But it means that they're really creative in trying to explain things. ... So, I'll leave you with one last funny story. I asked Hank, “Are you ...

The main story circles around Ender, a kid who is training to fight ... ideas, but it is a fun a well written plot. It all starts when a series of ...

Especially, I am sure, for kids like me, struggling in the ways I am familiar with. ... creative for an inanimate object, making it an incredibly funny watch.

Aug 8, 2018 ... Flower Child Journal Cover 2. #4 Stationary bag made with Lambkin fabrics.I actually have a funny story about this, when I was in the first ...

Jan 8, 2017 ... ... comedy and narrative. Hail, Caesar! is a tumultuous, freewheeling ... topics that were handled with a surprisingly fun balance of sincerity and ...

Jan 11, 2016 ... I tell my students this often. I have three young, crazy kids. I tell stories of the wild and ridiculous things they do and say. I knew, and ...

Sep 16, 2020 ... ... story anthology collection with several other kid lit authors. ... I knew the story's details and had lots of ideas for plot mischief, so I ...

Dec 23, 2021 ... When my doubts about my Christmas miracle surge within me, I am somewhat comforted by the story of the Magi, the wise men who visited Jesus ...

Feb 24, 2022 ... Wonderful characters, acting, story lines, funny, and tackles serious topics in a non-afterschool-special way… just love that show so much.

Nov 8, 2022 ... And I don't think — one of the things I tend to write about are ... So one of the things in the original story is that the megaphone is ...

Nov 2, 2021 ... ... written by an amateur comedy group. I wish there was a formula for coming up with creative ideas. I Googled “how to write a good joke,” and ...

The funny thing is that once I started trusting the story, once I just wrote ... While I do start with a general plot idea, I never know at the beginning exactly ...

Sep 20, 2018 ... Which is definitely dumb but funny to kids, also funny to some ... ideas and story points or anything like that, but definitely aping general ...

Oct 11, 2017 ... ... plot and story were two different things. But the story was in there, kicking and keeping me up nights. I truly love the pregnancy metaphor ...

Funny Things · ElementaryLibraryRoutines. Book Care ... After reading the story, I show students examples of damaged books that illustrate the story's concepts.

Oct 17, 2018 ... Last week in the creative writing workshop I teach, one of the students shared her latest short story with the group. None of these kids—ages 13 ...

Jan 26, 2015 ... Maisy said at one meeting that she was half-way through the story and didn't quite see what's funny about it yet. ... story and writing were ...