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2010 Fine Lines Summer Camp!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

2010 Summer Camp for Creative Writers

Grades 4-12, College, and Adults



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This is our eleventh year sponsoring Fine Lines creative writing summer camps for students of all ages. Join writers who add clarity and passion to their lives with the written word.
We will have fun with words, learn to play while developing poems-stories-essays, and discover creative corners of our minds that we did not know existed. Metaphorically, we will take our journal under a “shade tree” and talk together about issues that matter. We will swim around important “buoys” in our educational journeys. We will row a boat to a “lighthouse” that shows us our path through the fog. We will take our minds for a “jog” to the library. We will learn to write more, write faster, and write better. More than anything, though, we will create time to dream about our ideas and celebrate the power and beauty of words.

Where: Beveridge Magnet Middle School
When: June 14-18, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (more…)

Beethoven or Baseball

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Beethoven or Baseball?
14.4 Winter 2005

David Martin

When I write at a computer, I often hear instrumental music with a piano leading the melody. I never notice words or lyrics. As I place my fingers on the keyboard, I sense a concert hall and a quiet audience, waiting. I hear a symphony in the background, and I see Ludwig van Beethoven in my mind.

Why music? Why the piano? Why Beethoven? More importantly, why at the computer? After years of wondering, the answer became clear to me one night, as I tied sentences together and coasted into the 3 a.m. darkness. (more…)

Believe in Small Things

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Believe in Small Things

David Martin

16.4 Winter 2007 Fine Lines

(Often, David Martin stuttered in school, because he could think faster than he could talk. Many times, he felt like a slow learner, but he wanted to become a better student. On his own, he figured out that most class situations revolved around reading issues. If he could read better, he thought he would perform at a higher level. He read as much as he could in his room, alone, and when he started getting better grades, he stuttered less. When he learned to process his answers after hearing the teacher’s questions and was allowed time enough to think his thoughts through, he stopped stuttering altogether. He figured this out by learning to enjoy reading.) (more…)

The Face Dancer

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

(Walker Martin)

I’ve wandered roads to every land
I’ve worn a face of doubt
it weighs like sin,
it holds me in,
I search for some way out (more…)

Poetry Is…

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

(Walker Martin teaches eighth grade English at McMillan Middle School in Omaha .)

. . . misunderstood! Well, perhaps that is as it should be. One of the more likely complaints or misconceptions surrounds works of modern poetry. (more…)

Art Gallery

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

We receive hundreds of art submissions, but our funding does not allow us to print them in our journal. Therefore, we have decided to create an online art gallery. When submitting artwork, please include an email or web address so we can direct our members to you for purchase and other information. (more…)