our breakup letters to 2023

What started as a way to process a tough year–2020 and its Bait-and-Switch of a cousin 2021, the Break-Up Letters have become an annual mainstay in my Creative Writing I and II courses.

The assignment has been the same over the last four years: Write a break-up letter to the previous year, and include some highlights, a palpable voice, and a little restraint. (All language has been censored, because this is a Family Show.) They turned out snarky, insightful, and all sorts of fabulous–all while including many of the Writing Moves we’ve been practicing so far this year. Check out their letters HERE. And even better? Let our writers know their Voices are being heard by clicking on the ❤️️ icon below their posts right on the Padlet.

If you want to enjoy the previous students’ letters, here they are: 2020, 2021, and 2022.

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