TFW one of your exam prep students Whatssapps you 1st thing in the morning to share his better-than-expected results thanks you for all your teaching.

(for those in the know, he got a solid C2 on Cambridge Advanced -- he was hoping for a C1).

I could not be happier for him.

#efl #esp #whyweteach

What's a book that really nailed a place you've lived in?

I'll go first.

New Orleans in John Kennedy Toole's "Confederacy of Dunces"

Hi #running Mastodon

Let's talk about cadence

🏃🏻‍♀️ Is 180 spm optimal? Why? why not?
🏃🏻‍♀️ Do you worry about cadence in the majority of your training?
🏃🏻‍♀️ Better to hit a specific SPM for short drills or focus on it for longer stretches?
🏃🏻‍♀️ Is it overrated?

#marathon #cadence #fitness #Training #runforrestrun

The cement lounge chairs wish you all a happy February.

#rabbitrabbit #barcelona

Today’s pet peeve: “Aspiring Writer”

✅ If you are writing, you are a writer. You are not an aspiring writer.
✅ If you are paying a writing coach to help & they call you “aspiring, FIRE THEM.

✅ Maybe you’re aspiring to be published.
✅ Maybe you’re aspiring to win awards.
✅ Maybe you’re aspiring to earn a living writing.

Fine. Those are valid aspirations. Go crush them.

Until then, you are still a writer..

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
#writingcommunity

Today's writing prompt ...

For the next 7 minutes, write as many phrases/snippets/memories that come to your mind when you think of "bicycle".

Go.

Create a bank of images to pull from the next time you're writing about something, whether it be literal or metaphor.

#WritingCommunity

Thanks to @FinallyFinnian for leading such a brilliant "Queering the Flash" workshop, and to @sagetyrtle and her always-inspiring Crow Collective for hosting it.

Such a pleasure to create alongside these fine humans. 💜🖊️

#WritingCommunity #lgbtq #flashfic

https://crowcollectiveworkshops.com/

Does Bob play video games? ❌

Does Bob like zombie movies? ❌

Is Bob into "The Last of Us"? 💯

I never expected it to be so good.

#thelastofus