I am waiting, waiting for my WorkKeys test scores, waiting for a class to begin on Job Applications & Resumé Writing. All of that waiting concerns preparation for the day my freedom arrives (read my poem below, “Waiting”). The past prepares me for today. Today prepares me for tomorrow; and if given a “tomorrow,” I…
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Successfully Reentering Society by Wayne T. Dowdy
My opportunity to reenter society approaches faster than additional studies can be produced to predict the likelihood of success for released prisoners. I am prepared for successful reentry. Failure is not an option. Without thinking of that particular day, I have worked toward it for almost three decades. Even when my release date seemed more distant…
REENTERING SOCIETY
by Wayne T. Dowdy When my day comes in the near future, I will be approaching the free society like the Columbia Space Shuttle reentering the atmosphere without all of its protective tiles, or like a meteor heading straight for a collision course with the earth: I will burn up because of the friction created…
Teaching Cons New Tricks–Creative Writing & Q.A. Apprenticeship Program
(Reprint Permission Granted by the Author) Teaching Cons New Tricks–Creative Writing & Q.A. Apprenticeship Program THE ART OF CREATIVE WRITING CLASS: When a person is searching for a theme for an article, short story or novel, some writing professionals suggest that writers take a real life situation and ask “What If?” For instance, what would…