During class last week, one of my students asked about the importance of creating a character for our stories. I responded with this quote: “For me, the novel is character creation. Style is nice, plot is nice, structure is OK, social significance is OK, symbolism worms its way in, timeliness is OK too, but unless […]
Teaching
Ten Sentences
I had an epiphany before class last week. Instead of simply giving my students a ten-minute writing prompt, I would change the game up a bit, forcing them to use even more creativity and description. Here is the assignment: Using only ten sentences, tell us a story with a beginning and ending. Every word should […]
Milestones
When I started my undergraduate educational journey at Harvard Extension School I did so that I could be the person that my daughter thought I was. When I started my graduate degree I did it solely for me. Friends would ask me what I wanted to do when I finally achieved these goals. My answer […]
