Alice Kuipers's Blog: Book Club, page 40

"The point isn’t having written, as many are so fond of saying, but the actual activity of creating..."

“The point isn’t having written, as many are so fond of saying, but the actual activity of creating that matters most.”

- Kevin Kaiser

huffingtonpost:Learn About NASA’s Wild Idea To Send A Submarine...

huffingtonpost:

Learn About NASA’s Wild Idea To Send A Submarine To Saturn’s Moon Titan

Use this as the start point for your own story or poem - write for at least half an hour…

Reading to a kindergarten class - so much fun.

Reading to a kindergarten class - so much fun.

Get ready to jump! Live free…

Get ready to jump! Live free…

theweekmagazine:The week’s best photojournalismIn some of the...

theweekmagazine:

The week’s best photojournalism

In some of the week’s most striking images, a toxic cloud hovers above Barcelona, a tiger chomps on a monk’s head, and more

All great starting points for writing- how do these images inspire you or move you?

Use this image to write a scene in a restaurant where two people...

Use this image to write a scene in a restaurant where two people start an argument. Write at least 500 words.

Me falling in love with a book:

macteenbooks:

Choose a book:

Start reading said book:

Start ignoring everything else that’s going on around me: 

Start smiling at the book like a stupid idiot:

Intense emotional response to pivotal scene in the book: 

Wanting to tell everyone what the book is about:

When people actually want to borrow it from me: 

Finally having someone to talk about it with once I let them borrow it:

And I’m in love:

Exactly!

ava-the-dreamer:Spending some quality time in the bus...

ava-the-dreamer:

Spending some quality time in the bus station…

I loved this book- full of ideas for aspiring writers. Imagine bring someone different every day…

What a vacation should look like….

What a vacation should look like….

Joyful indeed. This must have taken hours. Weeks. But it’s...

Joyful indeed. This must have taken hours. Weeks. But it’s lovely!