Write a piece that uses the phrase, or sentence ‘No Need.’ Also, a great storm. From Writing Prompt Generator at The Story Shack Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 12/05/2012 – 12/12/2021 – ‘No Need’
What is the nature of rhetoric? Does persuasion seek flattery and gratification of the audience, often at the cost of the truth? Plato, who experienced tyranny and the unjust death sentence of his teacher Socrates, examines in the GORGIAS dialogue … Continue reading In Our Time (BBC 4) Discusses PLATO’S Gorgias Dialogue – Rhetoric Contends With Truth
I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 11/28/2021 – 12/05/2021 Stay Interested
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. Jorge Luis Borges Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 11/21/2021 – 11/28/2021 – How to Build Mystery
Poems of the Week for The Monarch Writers.com are chosen by our resident poet Jennifer Patino of ThistleThoughts.com Continue reading 11/21/2021 – 11/28/2021 Weekly Poem – Autumn – by Charles Baudelaire
Petra Mayer, a beloved books editor on NPR’s Culture desk, died on Saturday. She died suddenly at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland of what’s believed to be a pulmonary embolism, said Nancy Barnes, NPR’s senior vice president for news, in … Continue reading NPR books editor Petra Mayer has died
There is a character in your story who has a brilliant mind. But circumstances often contribute to how we apply our talents in our lives. Denis Diderot said “Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 11/14/2021 – 11/21/2021 – ‘A Genius For War’
Saint Augustine said in his ‘Confessions’, (considered to be one of the earliest examples of autobiography) “What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 10/31/2021 – 11/07/2021 – ‘In Search of Lost Connections’
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness. Amy Lowell Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt – 10/17/2021 – 10/24/2021 – ‘The Ghost That Haunts These Haunted Corridors, Is Lonely. So the Rain Must Pour.’
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