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  1. Dog Eared

     Playwright's Books
    Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2007

    Knitter, English teacher and Johnstown, Pennsylvania's self-appointed ambassador to Brooklyn, Shannon Reed is also an accomplished playwright whose plays have appeared in prestigious regional festivals. "Currently at work on a play about fairies, vicars and princesses," as she tells us, Shannon graciously laid down her quill for a moment to share these terrific thoughts on playwriting and related books:

    Writing plays is a tricky business because you're writing text that will need to be brought to life. Thus, it's worth any beginning playwright's time to read the text of a play they have seen and enjoyed. You might start by watching the movie of The Crucible. The 1996 version has a powerful screenplay by Arthur Miller that skews remarkably closely to his searing playscript. Then read the play itself, an American classic.

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     Lesson Plans!
    Sun May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    Educators: Want fresh ideas for teaching with the Visual Thesaurus? Check out our customized lesson plans! Every month we publish a new lesson plan for elementary to high school classes. They're fun, captivating, imaginative -- and highly effective. Your students will love 'em! Please check out lesson plans by clicking here.

  4. Blog Excerpts

     iPods in the Classroom
    Sat May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    The blog Never mind the technology, where's the learning? lists "10 very obvious ways to use iPods in education." We think they're more inspired than obvious -- and useful for teachers, and parents, too. Read the post here.

  5. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: May Edition!
    Sat May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    Okay, rev up your noggins for this month's puzzle! But once you solve it, don't stop... This puzzle, like all our crosswords, has a theme. Can you figure it out? The Visual Thesaurus, of course, can help. If you think you know the theme, let us know by clicking here. Please submit your answer by June 1, 2007. Now, what about the theme of last month's puzzle? It was... drum roll please... "Freedom." Thanks to all of you who sent us the answer!

  6. Word Count

     The Mighty Paragraph
    Wed May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    After a long hiatus, I caught up with my friend and expert writer Clark Morgan for another installment of "Bagel & Schmear" -- our occasional series of conversations about composition between bites and bad 80s music at our local Manhattan bagel shop. This time our talk turned to the paragraph, that unheralded workhorse of writing. Here's our discussion. - Editor

  7. Blog Du Jour

     Family History
    Wed May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2007

    Writing about your family history? These blogs offer stories, advice and inspiration:

    Family History Circle

    Hays & Greene Family History Blog

    The Oracle of OMcHody

    Genealoge

    The World of my Ancestors

  8. Candlepower

     Style vs. Style
    Mon May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    When we talk about writing style, we mean one of two things: a set of rules and conventions regarding words and punctuation (sometimes known as the "house style" of a given publication); or a distinctive, identifiable way of assembling words and punctuation (sometimes known as "tone" or "voice"). The first kind of style is all about standards: it's why newspaper writers spell out all numerals under ten and why New Yorker editors -- alone of all their tribe -- spell vendor as vender. The second kind of style is about deviations from the standard. It's what makes us recognize a passage of prose as indisputably Ernest Hemingway's or Joan Didion's or David Foster Wallace's or Maureen Dowd's.

  9. Dog Eared

     Women and Travel
    Mon May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2007

    Anastasia M. Ashman, an American writer living in Istanbul and coeditor of Tales from the Expat Harem, an anthology by foreign women living in Turkey, recommends these books on women and travel, and more:

    Unsuitable for Ladies: An Anthology of Women Travellers, selected by Jane Robinson. "In this spunky companion volume to Wayward Women (her book about women travel writers through history), Robinson collects the global travels of 200 women across 16 countries. The chapters indicate that the act of travel is and has always been a transformative force in women's lives. "

  10. Blog Excerpts

     Writers: Read... a lot
    Sat May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    "If you read for pleasure, read a lot, you will soak up writing lessons without trying," says writing coach John Rains, who publishes a blog called Notes From A Writing Coach. "After a while," he continues, "you will find yourself noticing the lessons -- beginning to see how the writer achieves the effects that make the story work." Read John's entire post here (scroll to the March 16th entry).
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