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Write a Job Description

Each week in October, the Dream Keepers have been meeting to write scary stories! None of those are quite ready to post yet. Until then, I thought I'd give you all an assignment. (That's what writing teachers do!)

When we met tonight, I put up a list of potentially scary creatures on the board. I didn't pay attention to the other writing on the board. Then one of the young people pointed out that it looked like the Census Office had jobs available for zombies, ghosts, goblins, and other creatures. Now that would be some job description! I'd love to read it.

And I can—if you write it. That's your assignment. Imagine that you are writing a job description for one of the above openings at the census office. If you like what you come up with, send it to me at rochelle@writenowcoach.com. I will post the best descriptions I receive!

Happy writing!


Follow-up

Dream Keeper Elisha Branch put together a couple of wonderful job postings:

Jobs Available
Vampires Only!!!
Black cape and fangs required (not included).
$200 paid for every bucket of blood gathered.
Tryouts Friday October 30th.
Must attend tryouts.
Must have an approachable appearance.
2201 W. Havenwood Drive Haven, WI 12345

Monsters Needed!
Do you have a freaky-looking face?
Do you have eight eyeballs?
Do you have two or more tails?

If you can say yes to any of the above questions,
you are eligible for a job as a model.
Only the extremely scary are accepted.

Tramonta Garner wrote this description:

Vampires have a job to scare kids and grow-ups for their own good. Just like monsters do. Goblins scare people by a haunted house. And zombies come from the dead to scare kids that are walking to and from the store at night.

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Job Descriptions said…
The fact that one man can help change so much just by standing up and speaking out tells you how much can be accomplished when we devote ourselves heart and soul to something we believe in.@bose

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June 13, 2011 at 4:32 AM
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