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Friendship Surprise: Anna of the Angel With Stairs

By L.L. Barkat 2 Comments

rosebud friendship

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Fiction Prompt: Chapter 6, The Hank Aaron Party

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Carter and Sasha have everything lined up perfectly

Our fiction prompt series continues with a party filled with romance and heartache. Join author Callie Feyen for chapter 5 of her YA story.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Friendship Activities and Prompts, Games, Write, writer's group resources, Writing, writing prompt, writing prompts

Fiction Prompt: Chapter 5, Hank Aaron, Sugar Cookies, and Romance

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Write a message, make a memory

Our fiction prompt series continues with sugar cookies honoring Hank Aaron, sort of. Join author Callie Feyen for chapter 5 of her YA story.

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The 7 Principles of Making Friendship Work-Part III: Love and a Little GPS

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

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The 7 Principles for Making Friendship Work—Part I, Myth Discoveries

By L.L. Barkat 6 Comments

Friendship Flowers

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Top 10 Ideas for How to Start a Poetry Club

By L.L. Barkat 8 Comments

Poetic Poppies Poetry Club

Exploring poetry together can make your friendships (and your life) more interesting—whether at home, school, or in the workplace. Here are 10 great ideas for how to start a poetry club and keep the goodness going.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Activities and Prompts, Poetry Club, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Children’s Book Club: “Dotty”

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Erica S. Perl

How many imaginary friends can you count in the classroom? Find out in author Megan Willome’s new book club selection, ‘Dotty’ by Erica S. Perl.

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Between Friends: The Making of a Heroine

By Callie Feyen Leave a Comment

Romeo and Juliet red flowers

In this excerpt from Romeo & Juliet (the full play—includes essays and annotations by Callie Feyen), Feyen talks about finding yourself in a story, even when you’re not sure you want to.

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Between Friends: A Playful Reckoning

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Friendship Project girl on giant tree roots

If home offers a place to launch, maybe it’s because home can be a place where we can play. Callie Feyen explores the idea of play and reckoning with ourselves at home.

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Build Your Friendships With the Power of Curiosity—5 Ideas!

By L.L. Barkat 3 Comments

Lavender Blossoms

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Literary Friends: Keeping Anna Akhmatova Alive

By Sandra Heska King 34 Comments

Statue grief

Anna Akhmatova’s friends memorized her poems to keep her work alive when it was too dangerous to put pen to paper. Sandra Heska King spotlights this life and death role of literary friends.

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Cross-Generational Friendships: I Signed Up for a Toddler Swim Class

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

Toddler Swim Class penguin on rock

Join Claire Haidar as the beach umbrella among little bottles of suntan lotion (or, the grownup in the toddler swim class) in this delightful cross-generational story.

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Cross-Generational Friendships—Wanted: Inquisitive Angel

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

Autumn Flower Friendships

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Difficult Conversations: Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Difficult Conversations The Identity Conversation

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Introvert Paradise: What Our Arguments Reveal

By L.L. Barkat 28 Comments

Introverts mountain and boat

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Great Friendship Tales: Through Thick and Thin

By Laura Lynn Brown 11 Comments

Some of the stories we first love have friendship at the core, teaching us something about being a good friend and pursuing a good life.

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Writer Friends: Helping Each Other Get Published (From Olympic Gold to MTV)

By Kris Rasmussen 5 Comments

From interviewing an MTV cast to passing along a potential Jim Carrey feature, these friends have worked the writing scene together—to their mutual benefit over time. Learn the secrets of how they’ve done it.

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Writer Friends: The Lunchtime Literary Discussion Society

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

Threesome lampost Houston

Friendship forms among coworkers after the perfunctory question ‘How are you?’ gets an unexpected answer.

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Writer Friends: Luci, Madeleine, and a Lean Leather Jacket

By Laura Lynn Brown 25 Comments

dewdrops-fireflies-branches-writing-friendship

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