I remember one of my earliest experiences with storytelling in elementary school, when my second grade class was instructed to write, illustrate and physically construct a book. My story, about a kid that gets sucked into a video game, drew praise from the teacher. Her notes in red at the end of the book...
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How we preserve our experiences
I’m not much for having my picture taken. It’s not a phobia or anything like that. I don’t believe the camera steals a piece of soul, although I often tell people who try to take my picture just that. The real reason I don’t like having my picture taken comes from a rather morbid...
What we’ve done here
We’re at the end of a long and tortuous road. Tomorrow night is our celebration dinner for The Invictus Writers: Volume One and we’ll be taking time out of finals week to spend a few moments together before the old gang disperses and the new one takes over. I have to say that I’m...
Waystation, by David C. Ake
Now that David has finished his essay, Waystation, for the book, I thought it time to share my first impressions of him with the rest of you. This seems fair to me since all my students love to tell their story about their first impressions of The Mean Professor King. David was part of my...
The Introduction
We are slowly assembling the components of this book, but we’re inching ever closer. Today we’d like to present to you the Introduction, which was written by David C. Ake. He’s the unofficial ringleader of the student group, and in this piece, he’ll explain what this project means to the students and he’ll introduce...
Standard Operating Procedure
Almost every Friday this semester I’ve brought my laptop, ear buds, and a pad of paper to The MT Cup (clever name right?), a little coffee shop in The Village. The Village is a run-down social hub for Ball State students. There’s a few bars here where students can get cheap, watered-down beer and...
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