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We Have A Winner! But Why? It’s Disgusting

We have a winner

We have a winner!

The women’s champion of this year’s Nathan’s hot dog eating contest won with 51 hot dogs in ten minutes.

Fifty-one hot dogs.

With buns.

Oh. My. God.

How?

I have never, in my entire life, eaten two hot dogs at once.

How in the world could a person eat 51?

You’d have to start much smaller and work your way up.

But seriously, after you had, say, five hot dogs in one sitting, you would be sick and bloated and nauseous.

Why in the world would you set your sights even higher?

What could possibly make you think, that after eating five hot dogs, maybe you should strive for ten?

And then 20?

All the way up to 51?

I can’t imagine eating 51 of anything, even something healthy.

Fifty-one carrots?

Nope.

Never gonna happen.

I googled how to train for a hot dog eating contest.

It’s disgusting.

I’ll bet all of those hot dog eating contestants are having a miserable 5th of July.

But hey, congratulations for eating 51 hot dogs.

We have a winner.

Liz Brenner

Everyone has a story to tell.

Even you.

Especially you.

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Work

Positive Feedback Is So Much Better Than Criticism

Positive Feedback

In my creative writing classes, I have the students participate in a feedback circle.

One student will read their work out loud, and the rest of the group will give feedback.

It’s a first draft, so it’s expected that it will be messy.

I want the students to identify the diamond in the rough.

There’s always something good to say.

It’s easy to criticize, but that’s not the objective.

I want to know what they liked.

Were the characters interesting?

Was the story premise engaging?

Was there humor, or suspense, or any other element that was captivating?

“Focus on what’s working,” I always tell my writers.

It’s so much more productive than fussing about what’s not working.

Liz Brenner

Everyone has a story to tell.

Even you.

Especially you.

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