Humanity has come a long way with communication and the mediums it takes to make it work – phones, emails, telegraphs, essays, plays, and countless others. It is difficult to think of…
Looking Back – Final Weekly Writing
Since the start of my school year, this past semester challenged me to push my writing, and I notice a difference in how I approach writing altogether. Previously, I had wrote a…
Turing’s Struggle
A/N: Homophobia Alan Turing was the writer of the letter who I researched for my project. A bright and intelligent mathematician and philosopher, Alan was very ahead of his time in his…
From Mind to Pen
So, how does one write a short story through letters? What are some things to keep in mind when writing in epistolary format? How do you write in letters?
The Vonnegut Case
A/N: Mentions of Violence and Death September 27th, 1819 My lovely Catherine, How are you faring? I know with autumn coming upon us now, the cold is coming in and covering the…
Letter Writing Brainstorm
Tone, I like the tone and the possible underlying motives of people Something historical, want figure, Martin Luther King Junior maybe something president how about emotion guy who wrote the censored book…
Munro’s Whodunnit
This past week, the class got prepared for their upcoming creative project by reading and commenting about examples of fictional letter stories. I specifically was drawn to Munro’s ‘The Wildness Station.’ Munro’s…
An Empty Mailbox
Love letters were a focus this past week for our FYS class, and it was a nice ending to our primary sources unit in the class before we moved onto a bigger…
Two People and Their Hope
“Meanwhile, I am holding fast. What will be afterwards – God only knows.” – Moshe Ekhajzer
Ms. Breed and ‘her Children’
Our class has just finished up most of their presentations on their WW2 letters from Muhlenberg Alumni, and now the class was approaching the war from a different angle. We were assigned…