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.

Writing advice from someone awesome

Lauren Oliver just made an awesome post about writing.  I loved it :) a little unconventional, but I think she's completely right!  Check it out here.


The short story and the poems from my creative writing class will be posted soon.

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.”

No Light, No Light

No light, no light in your bright, blue eyes.

Mark Grist - Girl Who Reads

I thought this was very clever :) 

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.

Passion

"Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us, guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, the clarity of hatred, the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we’d know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we’d be truly dead."

- Joss Whedon