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Stephen King, Students Collaborate on Story Through Weekly Reader Website

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2005 - 3:49am.
Stamford, Conn. - Horror author Stephen King has partnered with the Weekly Reader, a newspaper distributed in schools to students, on a Web-based, serial storytelling collaboration. King penned the opening lines of a story called "The Furnace," which were posted to the Reader's "Weekly Writer" site in late September; since then hundreds of students have submitted ideas for the next paragraphs. The Weekly Writer program also includes online interviews with the author, and a forum where King will answer students' questions about writing. Over the coming school year, authors including R.L. Stine and Jane Yolen are slated to launch collaborative online writing projects with students through the Weekly Writer.
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