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Camilla Ackley, 19, a second-year philosophy student at Bristol University, started the site after becoming disillusioned with fashion blogging, a world she’d been frequenting since she was 13. Her philosophy degree made her question why, after consuming mainstream media, she was always left feeling like she was doing things wrong as a woman – from how she looked to how she should act on a date. And she knew other students felt the same.
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Automatically generate a story plot for film or paperback and using key words of your choice. Select from a variety of styles and either publish them online or destroy them forever. Via Nik Peachey
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Attack the senses and you will drag your readers by the hair into your story. Draw blood; fill their nostrils with smoke.
Jim Lerman's insight: Some excellent advice and examples for teachers of writing.
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Point of view (POV) can be first person, second person, third person, and more. In this short guide, you'll quickly discover how to use each.
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Read more than 60 examples of successful query letters. Study queries that worked, and hear from literary agents on why they cut through the slush pile.
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MANY OF THESE PHOTOS MAKE EXCELLENT WRITING PROMPTS -JL
"The World Press Photo Foundation honors the best photojournalists in the world -- here's a selection of some of the most poignant images among this year's winners."
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"Including the Hero's Journey and self-publishing."
Jim Lerman's insight: Don't miss the Pixar rules of story-telling, they are outstanding.
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"Here are seven agents seeking clients. Most of these are established agents who have recently changed agencies. All have experience in the publishing industry. They are seeking an eclectic mix, from upmarket literary to children’s books, memoir to fantasy, and from thrillers to health and wellness.
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Online learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more from Stephen Downes Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Better plan your day, quickly find what you're looking for and multitask like a boss — here's a look at seven excellent OS X features that you're probably not using. Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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The WAC Clearinghouse, in partnership with the International Network of Writing Across the Curriculum Programs, publishes open-access journals, books, and other resources for teachers who use writing in their courses. Jim Lerman's insight: A goldmine of quality, free scholarly resources in writing across the disciplines - mostly for higher education and secondary school. Don't pass this one by!
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Collaborative Software With Social Functionality can be a Powerful Asset in the Classroom Teachers who have taken the dive into education technology have infinite teaching and learning possibilities at their fingertips. Via Bhushan Thapliyal, John Purificati
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By popular demand, I’ve put together a periodically updated reading list of all the famous advice on writing presented here over the years, featuring words of wisdom from such masters of the craft as Kurt Vonnegut, Susan Sontag, Henry Miller, Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Susan Orlean, Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, and more.
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Download royalty free music for use in films, YouTube, and other projects, with no copyright restrictions. Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Emily Lee's curator insight,
March 31, 2016 8:15 PM
This is very interesting to know that the royalty music does not have copyright restrictions.
Tykee Sanders's curator insight,
November 17, 2019 10:30 PM
This article I really related to considering I was in any type of music program/course that I could get my hands on. I felt a need to have to comment on this article. Now, once the link is opened, it initally takes you to a webpage that allows one to get music for free basically. You can explore the website, and it will also provide information about different areas of music that can be downloaded. From the first look at the link, you can tell that this is a good source to use. For one, it ends in ".org" which means that has been established by an organization. So, professionals, teachers, students, etc can safely seek the information that they need from this source.
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If you think there are no great-paying freelance writing gigs out there anymore and it's all $5 blog posts, I'm here to spread some sunshine.
Jim Lerman's insight: This is a highly informative and very practical post if one is interested in making money as a writer!
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As writers, it is our job to give our readers a powerful emotional experience, via story description. Many emotions come about because one or more of our five senses has been stimulated, so one way to elicit emotions is to “awaken” your readers’ senses.
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A literary agent shares a real-life novel pitch that ultimately led to a book deal—and shows you how to query your own work with success.
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Penzu is a free online diary and personal journal focused on privacy. Easily keep a secret diary or a private journal of notes and ideas securely on the web.
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Publishing content requires keen attention to detail. This comprehensive checklist of over 60 steps will help keep your process on track.
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Wizer is a neat tool for creating a variety of interactive assignments including writing assignments, multiple choice quizzes, and labeling assignments. You can distribute your Wizer activities to your students through Google Classroom or through the use of a link and pin system.
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Take a look at BoomWriter, a collaborative writing tool that will bring more experimentation, craftsmanship, and fun to your writing instruction. "...come over to the site and check out my review of BoomWriter, which has students compete in an anonymous writing contest: You assign small chunks of writing, students write short entries, and everyone votes on the best one. Then you move on to the next chunk. In the end, you have a collaboratively written story or nonfiction project. It's a neat concept, and it's free. Come take a look.
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Audio books have become increasingly popular in recent years (see Google Tends), but some people believe that listening to a good book is not as legitimate as reading one. In fact many authors, such as Dickens, wrote their books to be read out aloud. You can make the case that listening to Dickens’ books is more authentic than reading them. Via Nik Peachey, Jim Lerman
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
February 22, 2016 12:49 PM
Nice collection of stories with text and audio. 
Malachy Scullion's curator insight,
February 24, 2016 3:10 AM
Great free site with a variety of stories suiting a variety of students. The stories are read in a variery of accents depending in the reader. For me, this makes it quite useful.
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Jim Lerman's insight: An interesting collection of a variety of apps that aim to assist fiction writers in a number of ways; some aim to simplify the process of planning a piece, others aim to manage the process of writing effectively. This is definitely worth checking out for fiction writers.
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