February 2012
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“Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or...”
– Truman Capote (1936 Scholastic Awards winner)
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“Words are a way we communicate, images are a way we communicate, and I couldn’t...”
– John Baldessari (1949 Scholastic Art Awards winner)
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“…in school we only learn to recognize the words and to spell, but the...”
– From In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1936 Scholastic Awards winner)
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“Never be ashamed of your subject, and of your passion for your subject.”
– Joyce Carol Oates (1956 Scholastic Writing Award winner)
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Congrats to the Scholastic Winners! →
lisakfriedman:
Today the winners of the Scholastic awards are announced. I will have the great honor of calling some of the winning writers tonight to offer a personal ‘congratulations.’ For me this is chance to celebrate writers and writing. What will I tell them? Celebrate your work! Frame the poem or story…
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January 2012
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“Read widely, read enthusiastically, be guided by instinct and not design.”
– Joyce Carol Oates (1956 Scholastic Awards winner) in The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
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“You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.”
– Truman Capote (1936 Scholastic Awards winner)
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