Creative Writing Submissions

Ok, well I know you have all been dying to read what I have written for creative writing this year.  (Umm... yeah right, because I'm pretty sure no one reads this blog. Whatevs.)


Click to read my short story - Walker's Will


And here is the lyric poem below.  It's written in a Shakespearean sonnet form.  Sorry, I was in an extreme "girl power" mood when I wrote it.  It's a little harsh.  


Sorry to any guys reading this.  I know you aren't all like this.

Dear Bigot

If I could give you one thing back today

It would be the guilt that you made me feel.

I couldn’t say what I wanted to say

For fear of making a feminist spiel.

At the time, I didn’t hate you for this.

It was crucial for me to make that change.

I fell in a misogynist abyss

That only wanted my brain rearranged.

But then one day, I was liberated

Never to return to that awful place

Where women were forever agitated.

You thought I was no good, but here’s a taste

Of what you are missing, and it’s no lie

It is a chauvinist whom I must defy.

Advice from Dead Poets Society

“Avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavour, laziness will not do.”

Expectations

No.  You're doing it again.

Quit expecting things to happen.

Remember: low expectations are key.

Low expectations = Low disappointments

I don't want you to crash again.

Not when things are finally going well.

Confessions of a out-of-it Writer

I'm currently taking a creative writing class at BYU, and I have come to a sad conclusion:

I have become a very lazy writer.  The first class and first assignment in creative writing were all devoted to creating the getting to know a specific character.  Do you know how much thought I put into the assignment?  A lot.  I wrote 5 notebook pages.  

In the story I've been working on for a couple of weeks, do you want to guess how much effort I put into creating those characters.  Not very much.  I mean, I have an idea of who they are, and why they are like that, but it's very vague.

I think this will be a very good class for me.  What I think happened was when I decided I wanted to be an editor, I kind of dropped the writing thing, because I knew I didn't want to be an author for a living.  But I forget sometimes that to help other writers, I need to be brushed up on the techniques a writer uses.

A Good Night's Sleep

A good night’s sleep helps you perform well in school, and so if you’re a student you should always get a good night’s sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside.


- Lemony Snicket

Top 5 Things on My Bucket List

1. Go to Italy.
2. Start my own publishing company.
3. Write a book.
4. Serve a mission (young or old).
5. Quit Robert's.

On the top of my birthday list