Symbolism. An English teacher's favorite subject. We all remember when our teachers started talking about symbolism, describing colors in terms of moods, setting in terms of historical relevance, even names in terms of character traits. They assign meaning to everything that, in our world, is completely arbitrary. As students just trying to get a diploma …
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Second First Time
Hello, friends! Just a couple of weeks ago, I entered my second year of college. Once again, I packed my bags, patted my dog goodbye, and returned to St. Augustine to attend classes at Flagler. This year, things are different. I know where I am and who I'm with. I have an idea of how …
Dragons and Magic: Writing Update
Hello, friends! I thought I'd let you know how my personal writing progress has been going this summer. So far, I've had about two months off of school and have been using that time to the best of my abilities. So what have I gotten up to? For starters, during the month of May, I …
Yikes
This is awkward. Anybody else here feeling awkward? The last you heard from me, I was in the middle of a writing challenge in which I anticipated writing every day of the month of February. My last post was from day 5 and I did not continue on from there. To put it most simply, …
Writing Challenge Day 4: Dwell, What We Inherit, & Dear Diary
dear diary, today we went over my uncle's will. i don't think anyone was expecting to find what was inside. we assumed after so many years of isolation, he would've rejected us and left everything to his husband. but he didn't. uncle peter left half his fortune to jim. and the rest was split evenly among …
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Writing Challenge Day 1: Crystallize
Water rippled. It shook, shimmered. Then began to change. As if beckoned, it began to curl up. Water climbed the air, twirled. Droplets hardened into fragments, crushed together. The liquid twisted as if drawn out of the water by a string, then tightened along the shape of that thread. Crystals crunched into the outline of …
Magicians, Dragons, and Challenges
Me: says I'm going to blog more regularly Also me: does not do that Hello, friends! Being back at school has already been hectic and the real work has barely begun. That said, time for writing has been very minimal as of late. Still, I'm working on a couple of things and I have …
Writing Prompt: Getaway
Of all habits I had, running was possibly the most important. It wasn't that I enjoyed running or that I felt I'd benefit from the exercise. It was just the simplest way to escape.When black thoughts slipped it, when gray feelings seeped into my bones, they stirred my feet to action. I ran to shed …
Happy Words
2016 has been quite a year. Globally, nationally, and personally, we've all experienced our fair share of chaos. For me, this was my first semester of college. I was introduced to a new school in a new city, with no familiar friends or family in the area. Aside from briefly talking to my roommate over …
Silent Critique
At present, I'm in an Intro to Short Story class, and it's become one of my favorites this semester. One of the best aspects of the class is critique workshops. Every few weeks, we write a short story. Everyone reads each other's stories and we go over about four at a time. Now, regardless of …
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