Session three with Bernardine

My third session with Bernardine was the first session we looked at actual poems. My first task was to write poems as one of my characters and I chose to follow John”s story. At first I only knew that I would write about the dates he went on but then it became more so I have him ones about him at work, dates, and meeting my main character Kathy.

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Story Project – Please help!

I’m in need of a little help so I thought the best way of getting that was to throw it out to all you and see what I get back. I’m working on a new mini-project and it’s all about stories. So all you need to do is answer a few select questions which are temptingly located below. My eternal gratefulness will be yours forever (or at least a couple of weeks).

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Stars in my eyes

Very exciting times in Chez Heather. Not only have I bought new frames so we can put pictures up on our walls (they are very bare at the moment) but I had some great news this week! I seem to tell others that I write films. Yes I write them but unfortunately it doesn’t mean they get made. BUT this has all changed!! My little film “The Night Before,” about two sisters, is going to be made! 

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Onion Sprouts

A short story about Onion Sprouts first published in McSweeneys: "I thought you would be a good idea. I like your other varieties: alfalfa, bean, broccoli, even fennelgreek. And I don’t even know what fennelgreek is. Now I have learned. Oh. Have. I. Learned."

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