What can a writer learn from Jeff Martin and the process he used to write "The Passage?" Using your own experiences can be a powerful storytelling tool.
Base your stories on someone else's ideas and experiences.
Martin only writes stories based on music and song lyrics.
If you are a good writer the process is quick and easy.

Which kind of narrator knows the thoughts and see all of the charters in the story

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

According to scholasticism, truth is god's?