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Word Prompt: Correct | Story Prompt: from the book “Finding Eden” by Lucy Jones

https://youtu.be/KigcznG71Kc 'Certainly my daughter and her generation were born into a time of extraordinary disconnection, rapid climate destruction and psychological retreat from the rest of the living world. And yet,… Continue reading Word Prompt: Correct | Story Prompt: from the book “Finding Eden” by Lucy Jones

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Word Prompt: Fix | Story Prompt: from the book “Race Against Time” by Stephen Lewis

https://youtu.be/pYo1AIdjbh0 'I never feel more agitated than in the face of what's happening to women. The atmosphere of benign neglect, compounded by the rooted gender inequality, all adds up to… Continue reading Word Prompt: Fix | Story Prompt: from the book “Race Against Time” by Stephen Lewis

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Word Prompt: Find | Story Prompt: from the book “The Year of the Flood” by Margaret Atwood

https://youtu.be/fBRYP5-q1cM 'The next morning Toby was giving a class at the Wellness Clinic: Affective Herbs, for the twelve- to fifteen-year-olds. Manic Botanics, the kids called it, which was better than… Continue reading Word Prompt: Find | Story Prompt: from the book “The Year of the Flood” by Margaret Atwood

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Word Prompt: Press | Story Prompt: from the book “Trickster Drift” by Eden Robinson

https://youtu.be/zH5RYkVM-QQ 'The clouds finally broke into a sullen drizzle after a muggy, overcast day. Jared Martin flipped up his hood as he turned the corner onto his street. His mom's… Continue reading Word Prompt: Press | Story Prompt: from the book “Trickster Drift” by Eden Robinson

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Word Prompt: Mistake | Story Prompt: from the book “Many Waters” by Madeleine L’Engle

https://youtu.be/LwImOXzrMRI 'The moon set, it's path whiter than the desert sands dwindling into shadow. The stars moved in their joyous dance across the sky. The horizon was dark with that… Continue reading Word Prompt: Mistake | Story Prompt: from the book “Many Waters” by Madeleine L’Engle

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Word Prompt: Lower | Story Prompt: from the book “Option B” by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

https://youtu.be/FbOXh7t9sbs 'I had been trying to keep a journal since childhood. Every couple of years I would start a new one, only to give up just a few days later.… Continue reading Word Prompt: Lower | Story Prompt: from the book “Option B” by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

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Word Prompt: Stand | Story Prompt: from the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

https://youtu.be/Ltpfc2gu-fA 'It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavoured to pry into the depth of the recess. Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to… Continue reading Word Prompt: Stand | Story Prompt: from the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

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Word Prompt: Shadow | Story Prompt: from the book “Griffin & Sabine” by Nick Bantock

https://youtu.be/vCx6l8-4UDI '16 April Sabine, This is impossible, and yet it must be true. There was no one in my studio all that week, let alone when I scribbled the bird.… Continue reading Word Prompt: Shadow | Story Prompt: from the book “Griffin & Sabine” by Nick Bantock

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Word Prompt: Drip | Story Prompt: from the book “What Comes From Spirit” by Richard Wagamese

https://youtu.be/5wxn5FMl78A 'The soul of a nation is in its people and the spirit of Canada is variegated and sublimely diverse. What makes us strong is our diversity, our differences, but… Continue reading Word Prompt: Drip | Story Prompt: from the book “What Comes From Spirit” by Richard Wagamese

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Word Prompt: Advance | Story Prompt: from the book “Imperfect Birds” by Anne Lamont

https://youtu.be/5aMhRO7d5Hshttps://youtu.be/5aMhRO7d5Hs 'Some of the young men converging at the kiosk had cultivated the look of homelessness, but without the inconvenience and hardship: car keys dangled from their belts as they… Continue reading Word Prompt: Advance | Story Prompt: from the book “Imperfect Birds” by Anne Lamont