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  • Started by Jenny Steffan
    Basketball is a team sport played between two teams. Typically, each team has five players, and the object of the game is to shoot the basketball through the opposing...
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  • I love the YA community--it seems easier to connect with other writers in a supportive environment than in the adult writing world. Are you an SCBWI member? I confess...
  • This is great fun! I'm enjoying reading the sentences, and discovering wonderful differences in styles. Here's one for you:   The screams echoed down the alleyways, bouncing from wood house to wood house, but no one stopped to question their source.  
  • Thank you Hope - I have been reading mainly Sedaris, and of course I love his work. I was also reading other memoirs, like Kyria Abrahams and Alexandra Fuller, but tha...
  • Thanks! I thought the first session was fabulous because I'd never thought about posting an excerpt of my memoir (that I'm still working on). I have a blog and will po...
  • Hi Tracy. Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. I read your post a couple days ago but wanted to give it some thought before saying anything. It sounds like you've be...
  • Hi Ellen! I LOVE how you are always the first one on these forums. Yay Ellen! And I'm so glad to hear Nina is doing well. You've got a great understanding of your own...
  • Started by M MacKenzie
    I've been blogging about all those little annoying differences between men & women in relationships. I use funny, anecdotal stories from my own marriage and while...
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  • Ack! It happens. I applied for a job a few weeks ago and later realized that part of my resume just said "responsibilities included" with nothing following. YA protag...
  • Do we need to pit the forms against one another or is it better to discuss how they differ and what each format offers? Performance poetry doesn't always translate we...