What Makes a Good Poem?
When you think of poetry, your mind might go to the classics. Perhaps to Homer’s The Odyssey or to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales — both epic stories told in meter and reflected in the tropes of modern storytelling still used today. Or maybe when you…
Finding the Time to Write (or Not Write)
Something interesting that I have found about writing is how much I learn about it when I’m not writing. It may sound counter-intuitive, but I almost always find this to be the case. Over the summer I was writing nonstop. …
Don’t Let Fear Get to You
Over the course of the past several weeks I feel like I have been hit with the same kind of advice coming at me from so many different directions: fear is not a reason to say no. Admittedly, I didn’t…
It’s Hard to Find Yourself in the Midst of Life
I am a firm believer in talking about what’s hard. I think it is a disservice to everyone if we ignore what makes us uncomfortable or ashamed. There are things I believe that are hard things to believe, and I…
Writing After You Get That Degree
Or, alternatively, things I wish someone would have told me. You will most likely forget to write. I know it seems impossible while you are in college immersed in writing everything from research papers to your weekly calendar, but you…
The Circle of Life (and Writing)
If you read the title to this post and instantaneously thought of The Lion King, know that this was the goal. Well, that and some other things that I’m planning to address in the coming paragraphs, but it is my sincerest…
Fighting Distraction While Writing
Sometimes, I find that distraction can be a good thing. At this moment in my life, I am slogging through the last semester of my undergraduate degree and impatiently waiting to hear back about whether or not I have gotten…
Applying to Creative Writing MFA Programs
Something I discovered junior year was that graduate programs in creative writing exist. At my current university, there isn’t even a graduate program in English, and no undergraduate major in creative writing at all, only a minor. This has never…
Faith and Writing
“Wherever you lead me, I know you won’t leave me. Wherever you call me, you will make away. Wherever we’re going – I will keep holding to the promise you have made: you will make a way.” Sometimes doubts and…
Finding Motivation to Write
I’ve been trying to develop a plan of some sort for writing my novel since school got out. I was feeling so extremely motivated to get this thing truly started, and subsequently finished, after attending the Pike’s Peak Writers Conference…
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