Tuesday, March 24, 2015

#10: Reveal


Enough with the pen names. Let's tell the truth.

Tell everyone who you really are.

Examples:
xoxo, - Cornelia Boom
who are you? - Celeste Cobain
The Last Will and Testament of Sgt. Pepper - Sgt. Pepper
Welcome Tom Iansek - Tom Iansek

One post due Sunday, 3/29 @ 11:59pm

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Monday, March 16, 2015

#9 (Experiment)

Try something different. Experiment.
Two posts due Sunday, 3/22 @ 11:59 pm

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Monday, March 9, 2015

#8: Fears

What are you afraid of?

Examples:
Fears - Harold Miner
things of the dark, - nom de plume
Bravery - The Devastation Diaries
serenity now - Dick Tidrow
Fear: a summary - Esther Greenwood
A letter to my 10-year-old son - Harold Miner
It's So Much Worse Than We Ever Thought - Charlotte Charles
A List of Things I Am Afraid of - V.
Nelson, I Didn't Know How to Say It - pleasefindmehere

Two posts due Sunday, 3/15 @ 11:59pm

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

#7: Life

Write about life. Or write about soup.

Examples:
things like poetry - Harold Miner
sincerely, life and death - The Devastation Diaries
and/or - Esther Greenwood
The Case for Pluto - Dick Tidrow
Death is that Popular Cheerleader - Kat Stratford
poems about cats - Harold Miner

Due Sunday, 3/8 @ 11:59pm

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Monday, February 23, 2015

#6: Instructions

Teach us how to do something.

Examples:
How to tie a tie
How to break someone's heart (or not)
How to fry a fish - Devastation Diaries
How to pretend - Kat Stratford
Letter to a Young Poet - Harold Miner
Goodbai Utah - Charlotte Charles
How to write a blog post in 51 easy steps - Suzy E.

Due Sunday, 3/1 @ 11:59pm

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Monday, February 16, 2015

#5: Bricks

We've written about something abstract (love). Now let's write about something concrete (bricks).
  

Examples:
Throw Bricks on Me - Hazel Grace
Concrete - Suzy E.
Bricks I Stole - Jackie O
7 Games You Can Play With a Brick - Hyberbole and a Half 

Two posts due Sunday, 2/22 @ 11:59pm. 

Monday, February 9, 2015

#4: Love

Write about love.
Musicians and artists have tried to explain it, define it, understand it. Now it's your turn.

Examples:
Obama and Mustaches - Harold Miner
This is a love poem- The Devastation Diaries
About a boy- Esther Greenwood
Welcome to a day in my life- Eazy-E
My love songs to no one- Reginald Delicious
Love; noun- Ed Kennedy
A letter to that kid I used to love - Phyllis Dae Sloan
Looking for pleasefindmehere - Harold Miner
Of rattlesnakes and love - Dick Tidrow
2AM - Tara Johnson
These things are how you make me feel - Harold Miner
We all have two hearts - Suzy E.
Take a Picture - Malark Shattux
I don't know why that matters, but it does - Charlotte Charles
Will You Pour My Orange Juice? - Miss Carter
Valentine's Day - Jackie O
High School Love - Harold Miner

bad example

Links:
paperman - Disney short about finding love
Love is a Mix-Tape
Love is Walking Hand in Hand - Peanuts
Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez

Two posts due by Sunday, 2/15 @ 11:59pm

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"Because the songs that we play are about love and that makes people feel good." 
-Jack Johnson