Apr 03 2006
Ideas come, ideas go. Sometimes they come back…
As I read Wil Wheaton’s post the mystery hotel, I am reminded of an idea that I had a while ago for a writing project with the kids. Unfortunately, in all of the insanity of work, the musical, work, family, work, and vacation (oh yeah, work too!), I forgot about it until I read this post. Wil’s post actually makes things clearer because it has a ready-made example.
The Images Canada site has thousands of archive photos of various places across Canada. My thought was to have the kids pick a particularly interesting photo (of our community? perhaps another place?) and have them write a story (letter? travel brochure?) using the photo as the setting. I wish I could find a good narrative voice and write a story about this one.
Wil’s story reminded me of the possibilities of this exercise. While I’m sure you’ll never see this, thanks Wil!
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