The Fundamentals of Communication can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards.
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Despite being a small town in South Carolina, Hartsville, SC produced two honorees of the South Carolina African American History calendar, who grew-up together at the same time: Jannie Harriot (May...
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New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander was the speaker at the 2018 Young Minds Dreaming Contest. Winners received a signed copy of his book, Out of Wonder. He is the author of 28 books...
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William Price Fox (April 9, 1926 – April 19, 2015) "You aren't working until you're writing—that's the secret." As a writer and writing teacher, Fox believes in starting with a sound and building from...
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Reynolds Price (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 2011) The author of A Long and Happy Life and The Surface of Earth explains his own writing methods, from work schedules and revision, to his aversion...
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William Styron (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) "Why one wants to be a writer is always a puzzle, because it doesn't offer the same rewards to everyone; it's something you have to do, I think."...
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James McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) "The folktale is like a precedent in law. That is, it points to some wisdom that was derived at a certain point and passed on." Hailed as a "writer...
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Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) Sontag shares her experience on the day-to-day process of writing, recalls how she found a publisher for her first novel, and explains how she came...
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George Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) "An awful lot of people who want to become writers don't really write very much. They think a lot about writing, but they don't really sit down...
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Stephen Spender (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) "Students regard reading as a kind of inferior activity which no one who is writing has to indulge in. And that's ridiculous, I think." For young...
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James Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) In an interview laced with humor and illustrations from the works of other artists, Dickey examines the elements of poetry, compares novels to movies...