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Write Now: Writing Workshops Help On All Levels

Writing is an intense vocation, and writing is crafted by one person. At times, more than one person may collaborate on a piece for publication. The collaboration happens with non-fiction and fiction prose. For most writers and authors, it’s a one-person show meaning that one person is responsible for his content beginning to end. And for those writers and authors, they may have workshopped their material. You may have heard the term writers workshop. In school, English Language Arts teachers use a writers workshop to help students become better and responsible writers. For ...

Write Now: The Colon Is A Powerful Punctuation Mark

When writing, sometimes one may use a punctuation mark incorrectly. The incorrect use usually happens when lists or a separation of items are involved. Most writers know how to use a “period,” a “comma,” a “question mark,” an “exclamation point.” But what some writers misuse is the “colon.” In my opinion, I think most writers learn how to use the punctuation mark, but seldom use it because the sentences and phrases that they write don’t call for its use. And because of that reason, writers continue to misuse the colon. When I taught English Language Arts, I ...

Write Now: JPS Students Perform ‘Taps’ Across Jamestown To Honor Vets

For Marc Lentsch, the pandemic was inhibiting his students from exploring their instruments. It also forced the Persell Middle School Band Director to keep his students interested in music. So, he and Jefferson Middle School Band Director Carrie Pawelski and Washington and Jefferson Middle ...

Write Now: Enjoy Some Jazz Music While Dining Out

To some, it may be an added comfort to hear background music while eating a meal. In an effort to attract more diners during the pandemic, a city restaurant trying something new. The Chop House on Main has started Jazz on Mondays. Owner Amber Carlson noted patrons can expect the same ...

Try Holding A Conversation By Quoting Movie Lines

If you happen to be in the grocery store in the next few days, be aware — of your surroundings. Stay on mission to buy your necessary food, but listen to the sounds around you. When pushing your cart to the deli counter or to the checkout lane listen to how people speak. It may be a little more difficult now that most people wear masks. Listen to the interaction between the cashier and the person ahead of you in line. Listen to how they speak to each other. The rhythm and cadence of one person is totally different than the other person. And if one has a foreign accent, it makes the ...

Get Some Friends Together And Try Dressing As A Band For Halloween

Halloween. The word conjures up many thoughts and situations. While some people may think of ghosts and goblins others may think of candy and costumes. The pandemic may make it difficult to experience trick-or-treating this year, but one can still get into the spirit (pun intended). If you know you are not getting any candy, you can still wear a costume. Usually costume themes are something Hollywood has made popular like superheroes and villains, cartoon movie characters, movie characters that have received cult status, and movie monsters — Dracula, Wolfman, zombies — you ...