Ah, Richard. I met Richard at BookFest Windsor a few years ago. He was one of the YA (young adult) authors in attendance at the festival, and he participated in the award ceremony for the student writing contest winners. By 'participate' I mean he gave a kick-ass, engaging, entertaining and heartfelt talk to the students… Continue reading Guest Writer Interview with Richard Scarsbrook
Category: On Writing
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #11 – Vowels
Write a free-verse vowel poem. (Inspired by Julie Larios.) Wicket from Word Well: YUCK (from Jett - and Miller yelled: Mama, what about sky?) Vowel choice: sometimes Y (says Jett - what a guy. Ha. See what I did there?) Y They ask why not when they should say hey! why not 'y'? like a… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #11 – Vowels
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #10 – Forgiveness Poem
Write your own forgiveness poem in three or more stanzas. Forgive me for waiting to so long do this free write! It was a very busy day. Currently, I am bleaching my hair. My scalp is burning (yowch). I have 15 minutes to bear the burn. Let's do this. I'd like to give myself a… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #10 – Forgiveness Poem
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