When Memories Are Shared
I love Thanksgiving. It’s always been my favorite holiday. I remember as a kid being so excited to go to my Aunt Carol and Uncle Joe’s house, an hour’s drive away on the North Shore…
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The Universal Writing Prompt: I Remember
In my third semester of graduate school, I became seriously stuck in my writing. I was avoiding the blank page, afraid that what I wrote would suck and need to be scrapped, or, worse, that…
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Love, Loss & Everything In-Between: My Interview Experience
Imagine you’re 85-years-old and no one has ever asked you to sit down and talk about your life experiences. Think of all of the things you’re dying to say and the things in life…
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Fight for your Write: Girl Power
They didn’t know what to expect. Neither did I. What might come out of a “girls only” writing group? Their experiences were all bound to be very different from one another; what was too sensitive…
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The College Essay: What an Application Reader Has to Say
One of my favorite jobs at Project Write Now is coaching the college essay. It’s a moment when seniors can take a break from the frenzy of selecting colleges, studying for the SATs, and boosting…
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Sending Them Off With Something More
Recently Allison Tevald and I said goodbye (for now) to a special group of young writers. They were the first class to welcome us at Red Bank Middle School in January 2015, and last week…
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