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Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/iKhCVj7j?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata "Job lifted a mayonnaise jar of brightly coloured buttons from the shelf. "My mother kept a jar of buttons in the kitchen," he said.… Continue reading Word Prompt: Skip | Story Prompt: from the book “A Rhinestone Button” by Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/VHrL8uNW?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata "At precisely 11 a.m. every teacher in every classroom at McKinley Elementary School tells their students to stand. The enthusiasm of the collective chair… Continue reading Word Prompt: Clear | Story Prompt: from the book “Bee Season” by Myla Goldberg

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/BKzF5yHr?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata "Fortunately, Raven was a calm, well-behaved baby who cried only when she was hungry. Martha would get out of bed and carry the tikinagan… Continue reading Word Prompt: Here | Story Prompt: from the book “As Long As The Rivers Flow” by James Bartleman

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/OE2XmNc4?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata "Have any of you guys ever walked on St. Catherine Street without a cent in your pocket and looked at all the stuff in… Continue reading Word Prompt: Rush | Story Prompt: from the book “The Tin Flute” by Gabrielle Roy (Translated from the French by Hannah Josephson)

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/2daKkZzT?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata "The earth was broken. Too much taking for too damn long, so she finally broke. But she went out like a wild horse, bucking… Continue reading Word Prompt: Results | Story Prompt: from the book “The Marrow Thieves” by Cherie Dimaline

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/9eEcCzHp?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata ***WARNING - possible trigger for residential school survivors and their families*** "Now according to Ma, learning to live by the clock sure was a… Continue reading Word Prompt: Heat | Story Prompt: from the book “Keeper ‘N Me” by Richard Wagamese

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/c2fidOjJ?preloadContent=metadata "But give this a thought. What if the creation story in Genesis had featured a flawed deity who was understanding and sympathetic rather than… Continue reading Word Prompt: Movement | Story Prompt: from the book “The Truth About Stories” by Thomas King

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/rFNCKTD8?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata "It is not quite dawn when I climb the ladder to the trapeze in near darkness, the entire chapiteau lit only by a single… Continue reading Word Prompt: Swing | Story Prompt: from the book “The Orphan’s Tale” by Pam Jenoff

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/dqQY7HrU?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata " To tell. To use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and… Continue reading Word Prompt: Light | Story Prompt: from the book “Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations” by Richard Wagamese

Write It Out: Instruction Video https://videopress.com/v/us04q7hw?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata " ... The cursor blinks. The sound of splashing brings her to her feet. "Maggie, no, sweetheart, that's Daisy's water." She bends and pulls… Continue reading Word Prompt: Sweet | Story Prompt: from the book “Adult Onset” by Ann-Marie MacDonald