Boring pen pals

Jun 03, 2009

Boring pen pals
by: Anonymous

I agree!!! I would feel hurt, even angry, if one of my pen pals said they didn't want to write to me because I was b-o-r-i-n-g. I may not want to ever write another letter again. It's kinda like the teacher who only see faults or critics in a negative manner their students artistic endeavors. The students soon becomes de-motivated to create, and usually stops experimenting with art all together.

The post card suggestion is excellent! Send a boring pen pal a post card with 2 or 3 open ended questions to answer at first. Maybe something like:

Describe the flavors of your most favorite foods.

How would you go about organizing your day?

When you can't leave the house, what kind of things run through your mind?

What is your favorite poem or short story about?

Have them make a Top 10 List of reasons why they pen pal.

After a couple of letters or post cards, compare the older ones with the newer ones and see if their writing is becoming a bit more interesting. Letters starting off with the weather may expand to:

"The weather is still warm here but, yesterday I wore a sweater to school and must have sweated out 80 gallons of water. It was pouring from every single sweat gland on my body. Slosh, slosh, slosh!!!"

Maybe, just maybe, by encouraging a friend to keep writing, it will make you a better writer and become a long time pen pal to someone who really needs a friend. Hang in there!

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I agree!!! I would feel hurt, even angry, if one of my pen pals said they didn't want to write to me because I was b-o-r-i-n-g. I may not want to ever write another letter again. It's kinda like the teacher who only see faults or critics in a negative manner their students artistic endeavors. The students soon becomes de-motivated to create, and usually stops experimenting with art all together. The post card suggestion is excellent! Send a boring pen pal a post card with 2 or 3 open ended questions to answer at first. Maybe something like: Describe the flavors of your most favorite foods. How would you go about organizing your day? When you can't leave the house, what kind of things run through your mind? What is your favorite poem or short story about? Have them make a Top 10 List of reasons why they pen pal. After a couple of letters or post cards, compare the older ones with the newer ones and see if their writing is becoming a bit more interesting. Letters starting off with the weather may expand to: "The weather is still warm here but, yesterday I wore a sweater to school and must have sweated out 80 gallons of water. It was pouring from every single sweat gland on my body. Slosh, slosh, slosh!!!" Maybe, just maybe, by encouraging a friend to keep writing, it will make you a better writer and become a long time pen pal to someone who really needs a friend. Hang in there!

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