81. I Am Writing A Poem About...a Game Of Poetry: Edited By Myra Cohn Livingston Useful for teachers of creative writing, budding poets and those who love word play. Look for related books on other categories. 20th century. American poetry. http://all-garden-books.com/068981156X.html

Home Search High Volume Orders Links ... Japanese Gardens Additional Subjects Marijuana Indoors: Five Easy Gardens Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job Methodology of the Oppressed Gerard Blanc ... Reference - General Eire I Am Writing a Poem About...a Game of Poetry: Edited by Myra Cohn Livingston Written by Myra Cohn Livingston Published by Margaret K. McElderry (September 1997) ISBN 068981156X Price $16.00 Buy from amazon.co.uk Customer Reviews An anthology of 43 poems written in Livingston's UCLA course by well known adult writers of children's books such as Alice Schertle, Janet S. Wong, Tony Johnston and April Halprin Wayland. The offerings are the result of a word game in which each person was given one word, "rabbit," that had to be included in a poem. The game progressed to three words: "ring," "drum" and "blankent". It culminated in six words: "hole," "friend," "candle," "ocean," "snake" and either "bucket" or "scarecrow." The poems that resulted are widely divergent in subjects, tones and themes. Although the poetry is solid, this is not for a casual reader, but is more rewarding as a "find the key words" exercise. Useful for teachers of creative writing, budding poets and those who love word play. Look for related books on other categories 20th century American poetry Los Angeles California Still didn't find what you want?

82. WORDPLAY/FADE IN: You clicked your heels together, said the magic word ( mellon! ), answered the to go, on this odd, infuriating, enticing pilgrimage that is writing screenplays http://www.wordplayer.com/

FORUMS WHAT'S NEW? SEARCH SITE INFO ... WELCOME : You finally found Wordplay. The two torn halves of the map fit, the right password was spoken to the man through the slot. You clicked your heels together, said the magic word (' mellon! '), answered the Sphinx, rejected the fourth wish. You made it. You wouldn't be here unless you've already come a long way, and for that, congratulations. And you know there's still a long way to go, on this odd, infuriating, enticing pilgrimage that is writing screenplays. So let this be a pleasant way-station for you. Stay here a short time, or feel welcome to settle down, make yourself at home. If you've been away awhile and want to see just the latest, take a look at what's new LETTERS : Answers to your questions on specific aspects of screenwriting, including business and creative issues. COLUMNS : The heart of the Wordplay site. Upon completion, 60 essays covering all facets of screenwriting, written by working screenwriters. Collectively, a full course in writing screenplays, from an insider's perspective.

83. A Grammar For Reading And Writing: Table Of Contents An innovative review of grammatical principles essential to reading and writing and a discussion of the varied roles inference plays in understanding the written word. http://www.critical-reading.com/grammartoc.htm

Dan Kurland's www.criticalreading.com Reading and Writing Ideas As Well As Words Questions/ Comments Home Page How the Language Really Works: The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing Reading / Writing Critical Reading Inference Choices ... Grammar NOTE: These pages are concerned with teaching reading and writing, not grammar per se . The goal here is NOT to review all grammar, but simply to identify features of English sentence structure that help readers make sense of complex sentences—and to do that with as few technical terms as possible. Teachers might wish to consult Facts on the teaching of grammar A Grammar for Reading and Writing Complete Reference: The Noun Phrase Sentence and Predicate Modifiers ... The Comma: A Review This Web page may be linked to other Web pages. Please inform the author Questions/ Comments Site Map Homepage Dan Kurland's www.criticalreading.com

84. Elaine369's Word Play Anything to do with playing with words. http://members.aol.com/Elaine369/pal.html

Word play Updated Mar. 2002 The palindrome, " Step on no pets " was given to me by Mark, a friend of mine, and it was the inspiration for this page. Simply put, palindromes are words or letters that read the same front or backwards, regardless of punctuation. The web already has sites on palindromes, this is just my starting off place (I'm a newcomer to the subject). Here are a few other's I quickly thought of: eye wow ewe tot Anna Elle ah ha dad mom did toot deed Pam, another friend, sent me an example of palindrome as a sentence: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! PUT YOUR THINKING CAP ON AND FIGURE OUT THE CHRISTMAS SONGS BELOW (found in my e-mail) 1. colorless yuletide... 2. singular yearning for the twin anterior incisors 3. arrival time: 2400 hrs weather: cloudless 4. far off in a feeder 5. nocturnal noiselessness 6. red man en route to borough 7. the quadruped with the vermillion proboscis 8. delight for this planet 9. give attention to the melodious celestial beings 10. the dozen festive 24 hour intervals ~ The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms that are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

85. Poynter Online - Writing Tool #6: Play With Words Posted, May. 18, 2004 Updated, May. 18, 2004. QuickLink A64346. writing Tool 6 play with Words. 5/18/2004 31522 PM writing Tool 6 play with Words. http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=64346

86. WriteWords - UK Writers' Jobs, Directory & Community with playwright, novelist, radio and children s writer Diane Samuels, whose most famous play Kindertransport won Writers Tools word Frequency Counter; http://www.writewords.org.uk/

Postal payments We now accept membership payments by cheque as well as credit card. Print form here Fiction Poetry Non-Fiction ... Reviews Site Search New Members SeanG Frances penelopeholroyde astrogill dawndusk Your Experience? Sent your work out? We'd like to hear from any authors who have sent work to publishers or agents. Name names, and tell us: were they helpful? did they ever get back.. what happened? We'll publish our findings on the site. Email Us and let us know the truth! 11 June 2004 Debut Novelist WriteWords interviews debut novelist Clare Sudbery , whose first book The Dying of Delight is launched today. 04 June 2004 Literary and Screenwriting Agent Interview New interview with literary and screenwriting agent Julian Friedmann 27 May 2004 Ian McMillan Interview A new interview with poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan 12 May 2004 New Site Expert John Jarrold has now agreed to become a site expert. 11 May 2004 Sci-Fi Editor, John Jarrold WriteWords talks to John Jarrold 05 May 2004 New Groups Flash fiction (very very short fiction that is) has become very popular on the web in recent years. High time, then, for us to

87. The Word Spy The Dana s strength is in doing light wordprocessing tasks. I cannot imagine using some personal digital assistant for heavy-duty writing tasks, even with a http://www.wordspy.com/

Home Top 100 Mailing List The Book ... Quotations Search Word Spy: A Web site by Paul McFedries Friday, June 11, 2004 NEW mobile speed bump n . A car that travels at the speed limit to force the cars behind to do the same. The city of Vancouver is exploring the idea of sanctioning a grass-roots traffic-calming program that enlists the silent majority of reasonable, rational, law-abiding drivers to stop being so silent. Yes, you heard right: Making Vancouver streets safer simply by making a public point of driving the posted speed limit. mobile speed bump The Columbian (Vancouver, WA), November 27, 2003 WORDS ABOUT WORDS "Poetic Manifesto" in the Texas Quarterly , Winter 1961 Wednesday, June 9, 2004 NEW velocitize (vuh.LAWS.i.tyz) v . To cause a person to become used to a fast speed. velocitization n Safety experts argue that speeding has " velocitizing The Oregonian , December 10, 2003 WORDS ABOUT WORDS quoted in Mark Kingwell, "Fast Forward," Tuesday, June 8, 2004 NEW de-policing n . A law enforcment strategy in which police avoid accusations of racial profiling by ignoring traffic violations and other petty crimes committed by members of visible minorities. Also: depolicing de-policing During a February, 2001 riot in Seattle, when police were accused of taking a hands-off approach, one officer was quoted as saying: "Parking under a shady tree to work on a crossword puzzle is a great alternative to being labelled a racist and being dragged through an inquest, a review board, an FBI and U.S. attorney investigation and lawsuit."

88. Language and editing activities aimed at Junior and Intermediate students expository writing. student or teacher, if you love to play around with words you have http://www.linktolearning.com/language.htm

Language Home [ Language ] Math Arts Science and Technology Social Studies ... Teachers Quick Links On-line Books and Stories Authors Book Awards References ... Writing Reading Skill Development Learn to Read at Starfall Between the Lions: Games (primary) Look Out Below (make small words from the letters of a big word) Word Play (click on a word and watch it "play") Pounce (pounce on the word that matches the sound) A.B.Cow (finding the missing letters in the alphabet) Alphabet Soup (find the mixed up word floating in the soup) Flood! (the library has flooded and books need to be grouped together) Gawain's Word (word blends) Chicken Stacker (vowel sounds) Fuzzy Lions Ears (starting sounds of words) Game Goo 13 interactive games covering a range of skills from letter recognitions to antonyms/synonyms (Primary) Digby Mole's Word Activities Matching, Rhymes, First Letters (uses Shockwave) (Primary) Story Bear - 3 interactive stories (uses Shockwave) (Primary) Kidport Select your grade and then click on the Language Arts button. This site uses the Shockwave plugin. (Primary) Words and Pictures These games and activities will make learning phonics fun. Produced by BBC Education.

89. WRITING FOR CHILDREN WORKSHOP: Writing Picture Books For Children out loud, so read them out loud as you are writing. record the story on a tape recorder and play it back the rhythm, and to notice when sentences or words don t http://www.bethanyroberts.com/writing_picture_books.htm

Bethany Roberts' Writing for Children Workshop: Writing Childrens Picture Books back Childrens Writing... Writing for Children WRITING PICTURE BOOKS WRITING TIPS FOR CHILDREN'S WRITERS Writing children's picture books is not as easy as it looks. Sure, there are fewer words. But those words need to be the right words! Here are some tips to help: Picture book format- Think about the illustrations - A children's picture book needs to strike a balance between the text and the illustrations. The text should be able to be divided up evenly, with a fairly equal amount of text on each page. Each page, or each double page spread, has a sentence or two or a paragraph. Each of these sentences or paragraphs must lend themselves to an illustration, and so your text should provide a variety of scenes, characters, or actions. You could think of this as writing "captions" for the (not-yet-drawn) pictures. However, these "captions" must flow, as any other well-written story, with an intriguing beginning, a rousing middle, and a good, satisfying ending. Page turns - Each picture book page should make the reader wonder, "What will happen next?" and want to turn the page.

90. Fiction Factor - "Play It Again, Sam" - Redundancy In Writing play It Again, Sam Redundancy in writing By Tina of the biggest mistakes I see beginning writers make in Repeat words, phrases, ideas and character traits. http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/redundancy.html

Subscribe to our Free Newsletter! Subscribe "Play It Again, Sam" - Redundancy in Writing By Tina Morgan On second thought, please don't! One of the biggest mistakes I see beginning writers make in their longer works is redundancy. Repeat words, phrases, ideas and character traits. The problem doesn't show up as much in shorter works, but it rears its ugly head quite often in novel and novella length works. Repeat Words: One of the mistakes I make most often with my writing is repeating words. I use the same adjective, adverb, verb or noun repeatedly in one paragraph. Before I know it, all of my characters are doing the same thing. Think that's not a problem? After all, all of the characters are supposed to be doing the same thing? Consider the following example. Aydan stood by the fire, his shoulders hunched as if to ward off a blow. Riona walked over to stand beside him. She placed a gentle hand on his arm. Her presence went unnoticed. Danaar glowered at them from where he stood by the door. Every sentence but one uses a variation of the word 'stand'. Makes for a very boring and terribly redundant description. But what if I did it this way?

91. Word Power English Learning Center - ¤O¤å­^»y¾Ç²ß¤¤¤ß create characters, settings, plots and props as well as write the script of a short play. this web site is Copyright ©2002 for the word Power English http://www.wordpower.edu.hk/summerprograms/playwriting-sp02.html

Our Programs English Summer Programs 2002 2. Play Writing (P.5-F.2) Summer is a time to let the creative juices flow. In our Play Writing course, students will learn how to create characters, settings, plots and props as well as write the script of a short play. Either by reading or watching narrative examples from Harry Potter, Roald Dahl and others, students will gather ideas in order to produce their own work. The last two lessons will be a chance for students to perform the product of their labors in front of a camera and to have a feedback discussion session on how to improve the dramas the class have created. (P.5-F.2) Harry Potter, Roald Dahl Grade Course Code From To On Every Time Location Charge P.5+P.6 Mon, Wed, Fri Lei King Wan Wed, Fri North Point Tue, Thur Lei King Wan Wed, Fri Lei King Wan F.1+F.2 Tue, Thur Lei King Wan Tue, Thur Lei King Wan Tue, Thur North Point Wed, Fri North Point Tue, Thur Lei King Wan Tue, Thur Lei King Wan Wed, Fri Lei King Wan Wed, Fri Lei King Wan for the Word Power English Learning Center This web site uses Chinese fonts. IE5 is recommended.

92. Bob Jude Ferrante: Writing Plays In The 00's it up the left and across the top and write a few words about how Hang those up above your writing table When reading a play it’s as if I am going to direct it http://www.pipeline.com/~jude/Writing Plays.htm

Site Menu Bob Jude Ferrante Home Resume: Directing Play writing in the 00's NY Play Development Home NYPD Theatre Links NYPD Theatre Bookstore La Ronde, the Playwright's ring [on play writing classes] [giving directors notes] [style:naturalism] [phone conversations] ... [STOP da music] what is this? why do you care? Well, you might possibly get inspired, an idea, a chuckle. Notes to a playwright These are actual dramaturgical notes I recently gave one of the playwrights with whom I work. The points below will no doubt annoy you because they are deceptively obvious play writing text kinds of things, but I’m going to say them anyway, because you still need to hear them. If the new scene 2 has the same stuff going on as the last one, the whole scene’s got to go. The scene I read appeared to show an appalling lack faith in your audience – but really it was probably just a lack of faith in yourself, so you’re forgiven. If the characters’ world isn’t so different from ours, skip all exposition. Don’t even have one moment of someone recounting something from the past unless that information is being used in the present. Don’t have a single line there for gratuitous purposes. None of your puns where someone fucking breaks plates just so they can later talk tectonics. Someone has to cut their foot on the plates and that cut foot has to interfere with something critical later (which is what you did to fix that). Peppered throughout this draft, people were saying things without a character-driven reason for saying them. Entire pages needed to be crossed out – they were well written but totally unnecessary because they were providing detail about the past, which we could have figured out if the people would stop talking and start doing something.

93. ThinkQuest : Library : Write On Reader word Games. Here are some popular word games. We have descriptions of how to play them and some games for you to download and play. Hink Pink. Right Write. http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/wordgames.htm

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94. YourDictionary.com • 100 Most Often Misspelled Words of double double consonants in this word, but that the playwright, Those who play right are rightplayers, not Well, since they write plays, they should be play http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html

About Store Register Contact The Dictionaries: Language Specialty Multilingual Translation ... More 100 MOST OFTEN MISPELLED MISSPELLED WORDS IN ENGLISH Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here are the 100 words most often misspelled ('misspell' is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%. (Use the time you save celebrating in our gameroom A acceptable Several words made the list because of the suffix pronounced -êbl but sometimes spelled -ible, sometimes -able. Just remember to accept any table offered to you and you will spell this word OK. accidentally It is no accident that the test for adverbs on -ly is whether they come from an adjective on -al ("accidental" in this case). If so, the -al has to be in the spelling. No publical , then publicly accommodate Remember, this word is large enough to accommodate both a double "c" AND a double "m". acquire Try to acquire the knowledge that this word and the next began with the prefix ad- but the [d] converts to [c] before [q].

95. Spark Island: Language And Literacy: Key Stage 1: Writing (click here to play) Steer your Add this to your personal activity list. Learning objectives/outcomes KS1 writing h spell recognisable words based on http://www.sparkisland.com/public/navigation/ni_lang_ks1_write.html

Search site: Activities and Resources Language and Literacy: Key Stage 1: Writing Important Note: To read the activities, go on the tour, and visit Spark Island, you will need to have the Flash 4 or Flash 5 plug-in installed. For more information on Flash, and to see if you have it installed, click here Cave escape! (click here to play) Steer your submarine up through a tunnel and find the correct spellings as you go. Add this to your personal activity list Learning objectives/outcomes: KS1: Writing: h: spell recognisable words based on an awareness of the most common letter strings and patterns Click for resources and information related to this activity... This includes teaching suggestions, printable resources, an assessment sheet, offline versions of activities and additional details about the activity. (click here to play) Choosing the appropriate vowel to correctly spell simple CVC words. Add this to your personal activity list Learning objectives/outcomes: Foundation Stage: Talking and Listening - Developing an Awareness of Sounds: Children have opportunities to develop an awareness of sounds within words, and short vowel sounds.

96. From Art Criticism To Art Play get in the way of good writing and meaningful, authenticcommunication. It s quite a dance, a balancing between letting ourselves play with words with abandon http://manila.cet.middlebury.edu/artswriting/

Home course overview Syllabus arts calendars Presentations ... FAQ's Discussion Recent Discussion Create New Topic Join Now Login ... Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind Site search Web search From Art Criticism to Art Play Sunday, February 15, 2004 It's funny how after all these months of this blog lying dormant (it will be resurrected and tweaked this summer in preparation of a new arts writing course in the falllots of digital storytlling and links to arts communities, a blog-zine to boot!) people are still looking at this one and not so much the fresh, and in some ways, much more effective blog for my Contemporary Ireland through Fiction and Film fall course. By all means take a self-guided tour through that student-centered blog and let me know what you think. The question is, then, what do we do with a course blog when the course itself goes on the shelf for a semester or two orgasp longer? Does it lie quiet and patientdo people still find it useful? A few blog-readers and many educators thinking about blogs contact me about this one, and lots of folks interested in Irish studies or who have heard me present at Middlebury's Center for Educational Technology are finding the Irish Motherblog, but I do get nervous when a course closes and all that fabulous student work just sits there, and when the electricity of what was, for a semester, a lively community dies down. I'll be teaching the Irish course this summer in

97. Guides - Writing Letters To Editors oneday to achieve – so far, stage play writing remains the a premium on brevity, clarity, clean, pithy, interesting writing. in a mere 750-800 words (op-ed http://www.law.uh.edu/guides/Letters.html

Writing Letters to Editors This is a follow-up essay to another one among these Legal Research Guides , namely, " If You Learn Nothing New Law School but How to Write, You'll Be Ahead of Your Class! " There, I urge you to take up the hobby of writing letters to the editor and op-ed articles as a writing exercise. Here, I want to talk about writing Letters to the Editor Every art has its form and, by trying one's hand at different forms, each impresses one with subtleties. Screenplay writing is utterly different than stage play writing, and the difference and distance between young adult and children's stories is actually enormous. For instance, I write screenplays for fun, but still look upon stage play writing as some sort of " holy grail " I hope one-day to achieve – so far, stage play writing remains the most intimidating venue I can imagine! Letters to the editor are also quite different from other writing genres, and actually quite different even from op-ed writing. Different skills, features and trades attach to each, and each is an art in itself. Both put a premium on brevity, clarity, clean, pithy, interesting writing. Consider: How easy do you think it will be to say something worth reading in a mere 750-800 words (op-ed writing)? – Now how you do it in 200-250 words (letters to editors)? When you master these forms, you know how to pack much meaning into few words. When you can do this, you know how to write.

98. Writing Play And Performance On Internet Relay Chat Improvisation; Improvisation Webringtheater; Marshall Soules , writing, Performance, Identity, 1997 Parodies of Shakespearean plays The best known parodies of http://atar.mscc.huji.ac.il/~msdanet/cyberpl@y/performance.html

Back to Home Page Back to Resources Index Section Index ORAL TRADITION, IMPROVISATION, PERFORMANCE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: General Texts of Hamlet Macbeth PARODY AND SATIRE: General Parodies of Shakespearean plays THE HAMNET PLAYERS: ARCHIVE AND LINKS VIRTUAL THEATER, PERFORMANCE ART AND TECHNOLOGY: Text-based virtual theater Miscellaneous PUNS AND OTHER WORDPLAY JAZZ ORAL TRADITION, IMPROVISATION, PERFORMANCE Composition-in-Performance vs. Improvisation Improvisation Webringtheater Marshall Soules , Writing, Performance, Identity WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare resources are very rich on the Web. Only a small selection of particularly useful ones are included here. General MIT Shakespeare Archive Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Shakespeare Homepage Shakespeare: Internet Editions ... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Texts of Hamlet and Macbeth Online text of Hamlet Online text of Macbeth PARODY AND SATIRE General Brian A.Connery, Theorizing Satire - A Bibliography Lynch, Satire Bibliography Does a Parody Site Go Too Far? Parodies of Shakespearean plays The best known parodies of Shakespearean plays are probably those by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, which continues to perform to packed houses. Outrageous butchering of hallowed Shakespearean plays is by no means unique to the Hamnet Players. In their "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare," all of Shakespeare's plays are condensed, unbelievably, into a 97-minute performance. Parodies by this company and others are worth exploring to see in what ways Hamnet parodies are similar or different from them.

99. PWYW Poetry Collaborative Poetry from the play With Your Words writing Workshop by Marina, Gail, Stephanie, SuRay, Julie, and Becky January 27th, 2002. http://www.berealmag.com/issue6/pwyw-poetry.htm

Collaborative Poetry from the Play With Your Words Writing Workshop by Marina, Gail, Stephanie, SuRay, Julie, and Becky January 27th, 2002 workshops Play With Your Words Writing Workshop Magic Money in issue six Scintillations Real Friendship Letters To My Younger Self My Friends And Me ... Friendships photography Scott Carlisle Dana Ehrlich poetry Poetry from Play With Your Words contributors Write or Photograph ... For Be Real Magazine take me back To The Cover To The Contents Page in every issue What Do You Think? Subscribe To Be Real future issues Issue Seven: Trust Issue Eight: Power previous issues Issue One: Change Issue Two: Balance Issue Three: Spring Issue Four: Goddess ... Issue Five: Bravery laughter and happiness shine through the fog silliness and water lights brighten the day I picture a world of horses and carriages in the age old town of Tuscan glory I drink a deep throaty toast to myself drenched in wine and to have someone savor me for the delicacy I am a tender little peach blossom blown here and there the angels, they know what they’re doing

100. WORDPLAY/Columns/Table Of Contents The Lefthand Line Technique. 14 specialized words you need to know. 24. Title Search. 29. Deep Thoughts. Write about something. play the beats. Reversals. http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/welcome.html

Map Search New Table of Contents Tweaked: February, 2004 There's a lot here, and lots more to come during our third year. So in hopes of making it a bit easier for you to find your way around this section, all column-related pages are indexed in two ways: Briefly: Columns Other Forums Intro Search Text Files (TOC): Downloadable Text Files (form): E-mailable By title/topic: See below for thumbnail descriptions of all current Wordplay columns. Click on each linked title to see that column. (If you don't see a link, that column is either coming soon or still on the drawing board.) If you've got a question or comment about a column, PLEASE post in our FORUMS section. Thanks! COLUMNS A Foot in the Door . "The Warner Bros. Hallway Test" emphasizes the importance of concept. The concept you choose is the first test of your creative sensibilities, and is your calling card to Hollywood. Strange Attractor . The biggest mistake most writers make is that they start writing with a mediocre concept. A new way to think about film concepts the strange attractor approach. Your idea must be more than just clear and simple, it must attract audiences and professionals to your project. Beachcombing . Everyone in town is combing the beach for the next great idea, examining each tiny grain of sand. Meanwhile huge conch shells are just sitting there, obvious once somebody points them out. Techniques on how to come up with a salable film concept. How to know when you've got one

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