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Writing & Thread (aka The Writing Thread 4)
nicksgal:
I'll come back and catch up later. Just wanted to pop in and wish Mare a happy birthday!
RokofAges75:
Yes, happy birthday, Queen!
mare:
Aww, thanks ladies! 💕
ForeverFrick:
--- Quote from: mare on February 01, 2022, 02:16:25 AM ---Aww, thanks ladies! 💕
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Happy belated birthday!! Hope it was a good one and that you got to do lots of celebrating.
I took today off work for my Dad's birthday. Nice to start the day with some hot tea and not already be on the phone or my work computer. :).
ForeverFrick:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 26, 2022, 04:53:28 PM ---Haha, right?! I love the comparison of kids today to the wizards who don't know muggle stuff LOL. We just read about Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday party yesterday, where it has the cake that says he died in 1492, so I always make the kids do the math to figure out what year Chamber of Secrets takes place and then what year Harry must have been born. Harry's turning 42 this year!
I'm glad you were pleasantly surprised by your story! I think the whole "You're supposed to be embarrassed by yourself 5 years ago" is more true when you're younger. If I compared my writing from when I first started to five years later, absolutely, there was huge growth, and I was embarrassed of my early stories by that point. But if I look back on stories I wrote 5 years ago now, they really aren't much different than what I write now in terms of quality. Not that we can't all still grow, but I think it's slower and more subtle in your 30s and beyond. But that's good because if you were embarrassed by your story, it would be a lot harder to go back to it! I'm glad you remember where you were going with it and are going to try to continue!
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Very true! My earliest stuff is... quite something. :D I have a long weekend and plan to finish re-reading HP 1. I figure that's a good way to jumpstart some creativity.
Love that activity with your students! Did they have a reaction to Harry being 42 now in "real life"? I'm sure that's difficult for kids to hear. haha
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