50 POINTS. IF YOU DON'T ANSWER PROPERLY I WILL REPORT IT! Starting a blog is helpful for writers to create an author platform for themselves. It's important for any writer (published or hoping to be published) to establish a professional online presence that is easily discoverable by both readers and publishers. For this activity, you should research blogs written by popular authors as well as your favorite author(s). You should also read blogs by literary agents and small presses.

After researching and reading a variety of writing blogs, you should answer the following questions:

• What blogs did you read?

• Did any blog have a style you'd like to emulate?

• What did you learn about writing and publishing from this research?

• What commonalities did the author blogs you read share?

• What are the things you noticed in relation to the writers’ interaction with their readers? Which tools did they use to establish a fan base and to make their blog appealing to readers?

• Will you start a blog about writing? Research ways to get started blogging.

The essay sea stars by barbara hurd. what point is the author making by comparing a sea star missing an arm to a human losing a limb?

Why are reading and writing necessary in today’s world

Read the following scene from trifles. sheriff (chuckling). married to the law. (moves toward the other room.) i just want you to come in here a minute, george. we ought to take a look at these windows. county attorney (scoffingly). oh, windows! sheriff. we’ll be right out, mr. hale. (hale goes outside. the sheriff follows the county attorney into the other room. then mrs. hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at mrs. peters, whose eyes take a slow turn, finally meeting mrs. hale’s. a moment mrs. hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed. suddenly mrs. peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. it is too big. she opens box, starts to take the bird out, cannot touch it, goes to pieces, stands there . sound of a knob turning in the other room. mrs. hale snatches the box and puts it in the pocket of her big coat. enter county attorney and sheriff.) county attorney (facetiously). well, henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. she was going to—what is it you call it, ladies! mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it—knot it, mr. henderson. what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize the mood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more appropriate length update the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audience omit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaos include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effects