Category Archives: John Marsden’s 600 Writing Topics

John Marsden Writing Topic #451

‘You have not converted people just because you have silenced them.’ Tell of a time when you were silenced but not converted** I can’t tell of one time I was silenced but not converted, but multiple times. I constantly feel that I am silenced but not converted when my friends express their political views and leanings on Facebook. The majority

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John Marsden Writing Topic #364

Go to a place that’s very special to you and write there** I’ve just come home for the first time in a year. Last year, my parents had just started renovations to the house. Now the house has been extensively renovated–new floorboards, new walls, windows removed, new roof, new windows, painted walls and new furniture. My parents didn’t just renovate

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John Marsden Writing Topic #32

Write your own ‘odd one out’ questions and answer them e.g. popcorn, Queensland, fear, magazine. What’s the odd one out and why?** What’s the odd one out? 1. Yellow, Red, Blue, Green 2. France, Italy, Germany, Brazil 3. New Idea, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, the Sydney Morning Herald 4. Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania 5. Ketchup, Basil, Mayonnaise,

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John Marsden Writing Topic #61

‘Summer afternoon–summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.’ (Henry James) What’s your favourite pair of words?** My favourite pair of words would have to be ‘mutually exclusive’ because it took me a while to wrap my head around the meaning of these words or phrase, that and they make me

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