by Aquinnah | Dec 14, 2017 | Home, Writing
When my great-grandmother passed away in 2015, I wanted to do something to commemorate her extraordinary life. She was born during WWI and was 14 at the start of the Great Depression. She was 24-30 years old during WWII. She was 84 when I was born and on the 29th of...
by Aquinnah | Dec 13, 2017 | Writing
Good morning, friends, and welcome to Character Development 102! If you haven’t read “The Perfect Name” (Character Development 101) yet, check this out first. I had a lot of fun writing it, and I think you’ll like it, too. Derived from James Patterson’s system of...
by Aquinnah | Dec 12, 2017 | Praxis, Writing
Fun fact: The ability to learn an entire classical ballet variation from a YouTube video is a skill– and not many dancers have it. That’s why, at the end of every year, one of my instructors assigns a variation that her ballet classes are required to teach...
by Aquinnah | Dec 9, 2017 | Writing
I hated running, which is the only reason I stood there while he blew up. “Don’t give me that look, Samantha,” he said. I barely heard him and didn’t change my expression. He was just lucky I hadn’t found my voice yet. I was up to my knees in ocean by then, thinking...
by Aquinnah | Dec 6, 2017 | Praxis, Writing
My first short story, written when I was seven years old, was inspired by my love for horses and Free Willy. The story was a school assignment, but the characters, setting and plot were all my own. The words flowed from the tip of my pencil like water. Writing was...
by Aquinnah | Dec 5, 2017 | Praxis, Writing
I recently asked my Twitter followers what sorts of posts they would like to read on this blog, and I was thrilled when one of them suggested the topic of character development. This post goes out to him and anyone else who’s interested in this—one of my favorite...
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