Category Archives: Stories

John Marsden Writing Topic #252

Keep on going till it all stops flowing.** Encore—Volume IV You are cordially invited to the reunion of GoGirls! at the Worthington Function Centre on Saturday September 13th 2025. Please RSVP to Mrs Valerie Morganside by Friday August 14th and inform her of whether you will be bringing along your spouse and/or family members.   Melanie Shaughnessy Angus—Go Girls! Vocalist

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Encore–Volume III

You are cordially invited to the reunion of GoGirls! at the Worthington Function Centre on Saturday September 13th 2025. Please RSVP to Mrs Valerie Morganside by Friday August 14th and inform her of whether you will be bringing along your spouse and/or family members.   Marilyn Hollows—younger sister of Geraldine Hollows, GoGirls! Drummer and Co-Leader   I was surprised when

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John Marsden Writing Topic #301

Sadness.** Encore—Volume III You are cordially invited to the reunion of GoGirls! at the Worthington Function Centre on Saturday September 13th 2025. Please RSVP to Mrs Valerie Morganside by Friday August 14th and inform her of whether you will be bringing along your spouse and/or family members.   Marilyn Hollows—younger sister of Geraldine Hollows, GoGirls! Drummer and Co-Leader   I

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John Marsden Writing Topic #326

Write a lullaby for a twenty-first century baby.** Goodnight My Little Millennial Goodnight my little millennial, put your tablet/iPad down and rest your eyes tomorrow is a new day, a day where you can no longer speak your mind, without offending someone.   Goodnight my little millennial, tomorrow is a new day, in a world where you can make your

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John Marsden Writing Topic #203

Never stop** Why the 2012 London Olympics game is proof that progression should never stop The legacy of the 2012 London Olympic Games would be progression. The London 2012 Olympic Games were the first Games where every country had a female competitor, thanks to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei making the decision to allow female athletes their chance to compete.

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John Marsden Writing Topic #173

World War VIII** Surrender I arrived at our meeting early, hoping to gather my thoughts and prepare my speech. I revised my arguments over and over and re-examined my wounds. We had fought for a long time, plenty of shots were fired, one attack after another. He walked in without saying a word or showing emotion and approached the table

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John Marsden Writing Topic #99

Write your thoughts on a controversial topic for ten minutes. Discuss it with someone else for twenty minutes. Write your thoughts about the issue again for another ten minutes, without re-reading your first piece.** 1. When I was growing up I was always pro-life. I know this was mainly due to religious influence. While I can’t distinctly recall the “sin”

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John Marsden Writing Topic #490

“The black sheep of the family.”** Usually the term “black sheep of the family” has a negative connotation, however for this writing topic, I am going to basically use the definition by Urban Dictionary of someone “who feels like an outcast in their family or is the outcast because they do things differently to their parents.” By this definition, I

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John Marsden Writing Topic #400

‘You can’t put anything in a closed fist.’ When have you tried? What happened?** For this response, I am using the interpretation that a closed fist indicates “closed-mindedness”. The only times I can recall where I’ve tried to put anything in a closed fist, in regards to a closed fist meaning “closed-mindedness”, is when I’ve tried to challenge (but not

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