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Quite Excellent
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December 8, 2025
What Lydon is Thinking, Related Items
Wes Lydon
Punctuation as Style

I read an excellent post on Medium comparing the punctuation use of multiple authors. It's cool! (no, seriously)

Punctuation as Style
December 1, 2025
Writing, What Lydon is Thinking
Wes Lydon
The Radical Use of a Comma by Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American woman, and in the poem "On Being Brought from African to America" she engages in a quiet, cultural rebellion with the use of a single comma.

The Radical Use of a Comma by Phillis Wheatley
November 17, 2025
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The Death of Juan Reyoaso

A short story written by me about a decade ago. 

The Death of Juan Reyoaso
November 10, 2025
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How To Write a Bad... Short Story

I wrote a bad short story. This is how.

How To Write a Bad... Short Story
November 3, 2025
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There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word

This is a post about swearing. Seriously.

There's a Prefix, a Suffix and... A Curse Word
Wes Lydon
February 4, 2016
How I Would Do It

11th: Dramatic Script Draft (How I...)

Wes Lydon
February 4, 2016
How I Would Do It
11th: Dramatic Script Draft (How I...)

I take a step by step approach to creating a dramatic script that provides indirect social commentary.

  1. Be sure that I understand the assignment
  2. Brainstorm 
  3. Find and use models
  4. Begin drafting, considering the form and the intention.

Tagged: Guidance, 11th, Drafting

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Wes Lydon
February 1, 2016
How I Would Do It

How I Would Do It

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February 1, 2016
How I Would Do It
How I Would Do It

An introduction to How I Would Do It, what I intend to be a weekly blog post about how I would approach the homework due for the week. 

Tagged: Guidance

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Wes Lydon
January 27, 2016
Writing

English Support Free-write

Wes Lydon
January 27, 2016
Writing
English Support Free-write

I detail a writing activity from my English Support class, and go through my process of writing a draft, as shared with my students. 

Tagged: Drafting

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September 22, 2015
Reading, What Lydon is Thinking

On Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman (3/5 complete)

Wes Lydon
September 22, 2015
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On Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman (3/5 complete)

I have been reading Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchmen, and am troubled that I might appreciate this novel more than Mockingbird (despite the earlier book being better).

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Notes about using quotes to make them work for you.

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