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Everyone suffers from writer’s block at some point. Whether you’re writing poetry, short stories, essays or assignments (or even blog posts!), sometimes the words just won’t come to you.
In spite of this, most people find a way to push past writer’s block and write something satisfying for them and for the reader. Now that the fall session of S.W.A.T. is well underway, we thought our student participants might appreciate a few block-busting tips to finish their assignments and make them as awesome as possible! You can check them out after the jump ...
It’s that time of year again! The NOW HEAR THIS! office is buzzing with our plans and preparations for the 2010 S.W.A.T. season, and we’re on the look-out for more writers to help make a difference in the lives and in the writing of Toronto high school students. Applications to be a S.W.A.T. writer have just been released and if you want to be considered for the position, fill it out and mail it to the NHT! office with your C.V., cover letter and references!
Unbeknownst to the world we've been super secretly working in the office the last few weeks to bring you what will most definitely be a Holiday Celebration Extravaganza. And guess what...
S.W.A.T. Writer-in-Residence 
A blog (a contraction of the term "weblog") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Many blogs comment on news or a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. But where do they come from? Who had the first blog? Why do I only get 10 hits on my blog when Perez Hilton gets a few hundred thousand a day?
I know, I know, the book is always better then the movie. So many movies began as books that to try and list them would be impossible. Creative license can take a wonderful book and turn it into a terrible movie. Holes is a wonderful book by Louis Sachar but, unfortunately, the film version was panned. Original stories can sometimes be drastically changed to become uplifting family movies, like The Little Mermaid. Hans Christian Anderson's tale is actually a heartbreaking story that ends with the mermaid becoming the foam of the ocean – not getting her prince and going on to two sequels and a prequel. The Harry Potter and Twilight series are two recent examples of relatively solid adaptations as was the Godfather series in the 1970s.