Tom P.
Subscriber since: October 2008
Location: Bowling Green, KY
About Me
Wordy at best and worst
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Favorite Word:

exegesis
Cuts to quick, quickly.
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Least Favorite Word:

tax assessment
Horrid, loathful, distasteful etc.
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Favorite Quote:

"Always remember and never forget, no matter where you go there you are."
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Favorite Topics:

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

How to write:

Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments
Do Writers Really Need to Learn Math?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers December 13, 2011 - 6 Comments

Language arts:

The Wild Kingdom of Animal Adjectives
January 31, 2012
Better Off Banished?
January 24, 2012 - 3 Comments

Marketing copy:

Copywriting Case Study: Building Business Success
March 17, 2008 - 1 Comment
Business Communicators: Got Metaphor?
February 25, 2008 - 3 Comments

Poetry:

Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012 - 3 Comments
Song of Myself: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom
May 30, 2011 - 4 Comments

Reading:

The Power of General Statements
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Students:

This Summer: Reading Pays!
June 20, 2011
What's in a Name? Students Reveal Their Words
June 14, 2011 - 14 Comments

Teaching:

Black History Month
February 9, 2012
Ducking Under the Caution Tape: Approachable Poems
January 30, 2012 - 3 Comments

Web tools:

Your Virtual Bookshelf
November 25, 2008
Is Dr. Johnson Rolling in His Grave?
October 21, 2008

Words:

"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms
February 10, 2012 - 6 Comments
Houses of Straw: Flimsy Votes and Arguments
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 9, 2012 - 4 Comments

Writing:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Seven Ways to Stop Editing While You Write
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 11, 2012 - 24 Comments

Young readers:

Taken Into Context: History and Fiction in the Classroom
October 20, 2011 - 3 Comments
This Summer: Reading Pays!
June 20, 2011