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Validation in school
When I was 17, I wrote a story without much thought or meaning to it. Not that I didn't try; I tried very hard. But now that I'm older, I realise that my story had one missing component. One consequential piece of the puzzle that without it, is it even really a story?
By Dana Hambleton9 months ago in Writers
Neon Unicorns
I was young. Grade school young. I knew writing was fun. My father and I did my language arts homework every night, and my favorite assignments always included writing our own stories. I come from a long line of storytellers. People with imagination and creativity woven into their bones. My grandad could easily weave a tale so fascinating, I never minded when he repeated one twice (or three or four times).
By Abigail Adams -The Mad Cow Mob Boss9 months ago in Writers
The Goddess Who Turned into a Cow
Picture it: seventh grade hallways smelling of a mixture of old book pages, coffee lingering on sleepy adults' breath, and the mix of Victoria Secret body mist and Axe body spray. The walls lined with blue lockers, a young girl, feeling frumpy in her Aéropostale jeans and sweater, clutching a stack of books against her chest. She avoids her locker due to the unseemly crush she has on the boy who lives on the other side of the tracks.
By Myrna Collins9 months ago in Writers
Valuable Lessons
The first story I had ever written was while I was in Jr. High. I had a great idea to write a story about a young woman who went to another world when she dreamed, and the working title was 'Harganoph and the Tree of Life.' In the story, a teenager named Marie would project into another reality in her dreams. This other world was a place with magic and adventure called 'Harganoph.' One night, she finds that she doesn't wake up from her dream. In fact, she's stuck in Harganoph. She's informed by a scientist that her living body must have slipped into a coma and she needed to get back to that body before she dies. Marie and a group of her friends start their journey to the Tree of Life, which is supposed to have the magic needed to bring her back to her real world, but as she finds the fantasy more appealing than reality, she starts to doubt if she even wanted to be saved at all.
By Jean Bruce9 months ago in Writers
What I Found in a Bookstore
In reflecting on the differences in my life after curing decades of major depression, I look for concrete evidence of real change. In early 2020 I entered a bookstore. While checking out, I saw a flier advertising a writing group that met monthly in the shop after hours. The old me would have wanted to attend, but would certainly have made up excuses and justifications not to, underpinned by low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy. It would have been just another missed opportunity tossed on the pile of regrets, but the new me took down the details and I promised myself I’d attend the next session.
By J. Otis Haas9 months ago in Writers
The first piece I ever wrote AND PUBLISHED
Surprise, it’s a scientific paper in the field of astrobiology! Yes, I have a previous life as a professional planetary scientist. Starting during a summer research internship in 2015, I wrote and eventually published my first first-author paper, entitled ALMA Detection and Astrobiological Potential of Vinyl Cyanide on Titan.
By Maureen Y. Palmer9 months ago in Writers
Poetic Reverence
Right here in my world lives hope. And forging ahead whence comes determination, a source to promote purposeful writing. To me, writing has always been a soulful experience. I was accustomed so,very early, to seek for a variance in sound and syntactic structures, quite naturally.
By Madhu Goteti 9 months ago in Writers
A Retrospective
I will start off by saying that I lived in my head A LOT as a kid. It was ridiculous. I also had zero friends and was dealing with other issues and feelings that I did not really have anyone to talk with about. Dad was there but he had bigger fish to fry, and I knew that, so I didn’t want to trouble him.
By Alicia Anspaugh9 months ago in Writers
The enduring enchantment of love.
Title: The Enduring Enchantment of Love: A Journey in the Modern Era Introduction: Love, this enigmatic force that haunts the human heart, has captivated poets and philosophers for centuries. It remains a perennial topic, transcending time, age, and ideology. In this modern era, where technology has transformed the way we connect and communicate, love continues to exert its timeless allure. As we navigate this vast digital landscape, let us explore the enduring enchantment of love in the context of the present day.
By Andrea Stevens9 months ago in Writers