17 Frightful Haunted House-Themed Writing Activities
Unleash the creative spirits in your classroom with our collection of haunted house-themed writing activities. Each exercise is designed to spook and stimulate the imagination whilst teaching key writing skills. So, gather your brave little authors, and venture into the world of supernatural storytelling with 17 frightfully good ideas! 1. Dreadful Dwellings: Spooky House Descriptions […]
Virginia Woolf’s Forgotten Diary
Photograph of Virginia Woolf with hand on face wearing a fur stole. Public domain, courtesy of wikimedia commons. On August 3, 1917, Virginia Woolf wrote in her diary for the first time in two years—a small notebook, roughly the size of the palm of her hand . It was a Friday, the start of the […]
I wanted to become a writer. Did I need to study creative writing?
I was losing myself gradually, and that is when I decided to seek out freelance writing Design: Maisha Syeda I am an English major, but when I joined a corporate office as a Business Development Executive in 2016, MBA felt like the right step towards a career I thought I would excel in. I abandoned […]
Wolves at the Door: On Lee Mandelo’s “Feed Them Silence”
I GREW UP near an Indigenous archaeological site, located right next to the sprawling elementary school I attended in California’s Central Valley. Behind a chain-link fence sat massive acorn-grinding stones resting under the expansive shade of oak trees. My predominantly white third-grade class and I took a trip there once, to the attached visitor’s center. […]
Someone Always Takes Me Home: On Howard Fishman’s “To Anyone Who Ever Asks”
CONNIE CONVERSE is remembered now, if at all, as a rediscovered relic of blog-era music oddity. Like Rodriguez, Donnie and Joe Emerson, Sibylle Baier, Lavender Country, or Converse’s near-contemporary and kindred spirit, Molly Drake, the cracks she slipped through became her calling card. Converse was notable for preserving a greater level of obscurity more extreme […]