CLOISTERED A room full of faces A forest of voices And none of them seem to penetrate None of them seem to hold you You’re a nucleus surrounded by membrane We’re together, but we’re separate And you feel empty, still Kisses are temporary, jobs are temporary But the self I carry every day […]
Summer in The Time of Corona was written as a writing challenge to prove to myself that I can complete something. Not only did I rise to the challenge, I learned a lot about myself as a person and as a writer. I don’t write a lot of poetry, but I find that poetry is my
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Hi fellow writer. Shantal here. I’ve been on a temporary hiatus that is not exactly one that I planned for. Ever since the reality of the pandemic hit (and my family and I’s stressful experience with it), I’ve found myself needing time and space to process my thoughts and emotions, which included taking a break
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As most of the world is quarantined to help alleviate the public health crisis, bingeing TV shows has become a common pass-time. Netflix recently released a binge-worthy drama, “Outer Banks” (2020), a coming-of-age mystery that takes place in the North Carolina fishing town, Outer Banks. While the mystery, and the conflict between the “Pogues” and
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Being a writer often feels like you’re looking for an instructional manual that never came with the package. We see completed works of fiction (or non-fiction) everywhere and they are the things we can compare our works to. All we know is that we want to write like “that”, but don’t exactly know how. Most
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With the current public health crisis, this has been a difficult time for many people. With the quarantine and social distancing protocols being set in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19, this can make us feel confused, scared, lonely and powerless. For writers, this can disrupt our creative process. These are 5 Things Writers
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Having an Idealized Version of Who You Want to Be as a Writer vs. Who You Really Are as a Writer For a long time now, I have been trying to fit myself into an idealized version of the writer I “want” to be, which is ironic because my personality usually rejects conventions. I thought
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This is not a “how to overcome some kind of problem” article . This is a post where I talk about what it’s like to be in a problem and not know how to fix it. I’m currently writing a romance fanfiction to practice storytelling and to practice completing a project. The fanfiction is meant to be short, and
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Locke & Key (2020) is a fantasy, thriller, and family drama that follows three siblings and their mother as they move to their father’s ancestral mansion, Keyhouse, where they discover a number of magical keys that may be connected to his murder. Locke & Key is a fun show whose fantastical elements really stretch the
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After watching YouTuber and novelist Rachael Stephens’s Plot With Me Series, where she shows us the plot embryo in action by fixing movie plots, I’ve been inspired to try my hand at repairing movie plots. For me, it’s a fun way to practice plotting and editing. I’ve been practicing for a while, and now, I
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