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During the video, you will be given writing prompts. We strongly recommend you pause the video and complete the prompt in a separate tab/app. (Make sure it has auto-save or that you save often!) Below the video are ‘exercises’ that will go over the same prompts – if you’ve already done the work, scroll past that. Resources Exercises These exercises are just re-presenting some of the prompts in the lesson. If you completed these during the lesson, feel free to skip ahead. (Summarised outline of process: 1:16:26.) Free Write 33:50–36:08. Find a story in the news that evokes a major…

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Caitlin Kunkel
Caitlin Kunkel

Caitlin Kunkel is a writer, teacher, and highly acclaimed pizza scientist. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. She created the Online Satire Writing Program for The Second City and co-created the Satire and Humor Festival.

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